This past weekend I traveled to Toronto. I went there for two reasons: to see the exhibit called “Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th Century” at the Bata Shoe Museum, and to meet my friend … Read More
In 1905, a schoolteacher invented the flyswatter by attaching a square piece of screen to the end of a yardstick. The holes made it effective, because flies can sense the air current from a solid object coming at them (such as a rolled up newspaper).
source: The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle by Don L. Wulffson