inventions
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His modification of a Land Rover Discovery for calf-feeding rounds - an off-road milk float - earned him third place in the Farmers Weekly inventions competition in 2020.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Founded in 1874 by a group of friends in a dancing club, Hearts has been playing organized soccer since before the great Scottish inventions of the telephone, penicillin, or the deep-fried Mars bar.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“Discoveries and inventions don’t make themselves, Stassun said. “People do those things.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
The result was that lone inventors were less likely to achieve major breakthroughs and more likely to create particularly poor inventions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
“Even worse. I knew Daedalus. His inventions brought me nothing but trouble.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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