Dream catchers where fist invented by the Ojibwe people who lived around Lake Superior in what is now The United State and Canada. [Wikipedia]
Handsaws fall into two main categories, rip saws are designed for cutting along the grain of the wood, and crosscut saws are designed to cut across the grain of the wood [Wikipedia]
Rod type rolling pins (left) are popular in Eastern Asia and France while roller type pins (right) are more popular in the rest of Western Europe and the U.S.A. [Wikipedia]
Although they were first allowed on the force in 1888 women in the NYPD had to wait until 1958 to train at the police academy with the men. [Wikipedia]
During the 1800s being able to hire a french maid was seen as a status symbol and slightly poorer upper-class families who couldn't afford to bring a girl over from France would sometimes pay a local maid to pretend to be French.
Although modern corsets follow the Victorian style, giving the wearer an hourglass figure, through much of European history corsets focused less on making the waist small and more on forcing the breasts higher. [wikipedia]
The number 15 is a triangular number, a hexagonal number, the solution to the smallest non trivial magic square, and the atomic number of phosphorous.
While they are known for their permanent markers Sharpie also makes highlighters, ballpoint pens, and pencils.
The Volkswagen Type I (also called the Beetle or bug) was originally commissioned by Adolf Hitler, designed by Ferdinand Porsche, and is the most manufactured car of a single design platform ever.
The exercise ball was developed in 1963 by Aquilino Cosani, the first ones were much smaller and used in treatments for infants and newborns. [wikipedia]
The wax in a lava lamp used to contain carbon tetrachloride to help it sink in water, however carbon tet was banned in the U.S. in 1970 and the new compound has been kept a trade secret.
Nyotaimori is the practice of serving sushi from a woman's body
The university of Minnesota was the first school to allow female cheerleaders in 1923. [Wikipedia]