I love being a kid’s writer. It’s the best job in the world, for a bajillion reasons. But the life of a freelancer can be pretty uneven, financially. It can take weeks—more often months—to get paid for work long finished.… Read More
Canned food, in heavy iron cans, was invented for the British Navy in 1813. But can openers were not invented until the 1860s. Before then, people opened cans with a hammer and chisel.
source: The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle, by Don L. Wulffson