The sandwich was supposedly invented in 1762 when John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, couldn't be bothered to pause his gambling for a proper meal and asked for his meat to be served between bread ...

Sweet-toothed fans have been enjoying their creations - from After Eights to chunky Yorkie bars and tangy Fruit Pastilles - for decades. But, since Rowntree’s was founded in York in 1862 by ...

In 'Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,' Susan Morrison goes behind the scenes of a tense meeting just days before the 2006 upfronts. By Seija Rankin Senior Editor If you purchase an ...

A 19th century drawing depicts an early modern birthday party, likely for a child from a wealthy family. (Image credit: Alamy) History of modern birthday parties The modern Western birthday ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live," by New Yorker articles editor Susan Morrison (to be published ...

For years, a rumor has circulated that greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day, which falls yearly on Feb. 14. However, the claim that greeting card companies created Valentine's Day is ...

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Who and when were the first gears invented? The first gear was most likely invented by the ancient Greek mechanics of Alexandria in at least the 4th century BC. Aristotle (384–322 BC) and other ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automatic information-sharing between ...