They are everywhere, and there is no escape from their grasp. You check your phone, and you see them. You turn on the TV – sure enough, you hit them, sooner or later. You drive to work, and there they ...

The question of who was the “first” person or group to own something always gets murkier the closer you look. For years, bicycle and jewelry shop owner Henry R. Cromer was credited as owning the first ...