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Ok, here is the idea behind this thread, I wil name something and you post the answere,then that person posts another question,



Who Created Coca-Cola and what year was it?

A pharmacist named Pemberton created it in 1886.

What does WD-40 stand for?

WD-40, hmmmmmmmmmmmm Wife,me, dumb, me 40 , my age, yup thats it:wah::wah:

RedGlitter;696568 wrote: A pharmacist named Pemberton created it in 1886.



What does WD-40 stand for?
Water displacement- 40th try

YZGI;696692 wrote: Water displacement- 40th try


Yep! Your turn, YZ.

RedGlitter;696775 wrote: Yep! Your turn, YZ.
Oops. Okay



The Abacus

YZGI;696806 wrote: Oops. Okay



The Abacus


Good one! The Chinese invented it but I don't know if a specific person was responsible or not. Am I right, is it the Chinese? :-3

-heres one, who invented glass blowing?

Indian Princess;697212 wrote: -heres one, who invented glass blowing?


The Venetians around 1600. They were already working with glass in 1400 CE but in the 1600s they started creating beer bottles. I'm not positive about this since the Romans are credited with discovering glass, and the Egyptians for some methods but as for actually blowing it, I think it was the Venetians and the Muranese. :-3

RedGlitter;696910 wrote: Good one! The Chinese invented it but I don't know if a specific person was responsible or not. Am I right, is it the Chinese? :-3
We will give you this one. It wasn't really fair.





Chronology

500-1000

Country of origin and first appearance unknown. Region of development: Middle East

1300's

Modern Abacus in use in China

1400's

Abacus in use in Korea

1600

Abacus known as Soroban in use in Japan

1700's

Last use of abacus in Europe, driven away by the introduction of the Hindu-Arabic notation of numbers

So the Middle East probably created the abacus?? I would not have guessed that! Good question!