This is what I’m reading to feed my craving for useless knowledge. The inventions range from the board games of Monopoly and Scrabble (both invented during the Great Depression) to the invention of the window pane (only in 1959 was the process refined to make the windows we use today) to the pressure cooker (which showed that steam could be a power source paving the way for the invention of the steam locomotive). It also features the light bulb and other inventions that we consider life changing. However, I’m most fascinated by the inventions that I’ve never though about, such as the pressure cooker or the ball bearing.
