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From alarm clocks that pummel you in the head to ingenious devices to save your crayon nubs, a peek into the patent archives for back to school season
The Coolest Things Kids Have Invented
The Right-Wing Mothers Fuelling the School-Board Wars
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Innovation News & Breakthroughs
Miss Cellania: August 2017
Patent Library of Fun, Interesting, Weird, Crazy, Ridiculous, Historic, and Celebrity Patents
100 History Facts They Didn't Teach You At School - The Fact Site
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Technology News & Insights
Miss Cellania: August 2017
Miss Cellania: August 2017
11 Simple Yet Thrilling Invention Ideas For Kids
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Articles tagged as Patents
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Technology News & Insights
The Amazing History and the Strange Invention of the Bendy Straw - The Atlantic
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Qual é uma invenção inútil que ainda usamos hoje? - Quora
