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    Edison's bright idea

    By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY

    July 26, 1881: Thomas Edison patents the facsimile telegraph. It wasn't a real telegraph, but it looked like one. Later, Edison would create the facsimile telephone, which was a lighter, and a comb that looked like a switchblade.

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    Coincidence? I think not

    By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY

    July 16, 1935: Oklahoma City installs the first automatic parking meters. Exactly 10 years later, the first atomic bomb is detonated. Nice going, Oklahoma.

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    Baby steps

    By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY

    July 6, 1858: Lyman Blake patents a machine for making shoes, bringing in a new era of comfort after eons of people strapping sticks, children or angry rodents onto their feet.

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    Slap dat dog

    By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY

    July 10, 1900: RCA Victor patents its now-famous trademark "His Master's Voice," which shows a dog looking into the horn of a gramophone. An earlier test version of the logo showed the pooch with his head stuffed into the horn ...