It took almost half a century for the next major breakthrough in chip technology. Pringles were invented by Procter & Gamble chemists who labored in the 1950s and 1960s to create uniformly saddle-shaped chips (hyperbolic paraboloids, if you want to get technical) that stacked neatly in an a...
Talking about the costs, the inconsistency was present even after you order the drink: sometimes you are asked to sign a bill, sometimes you were asked the room number and sometimes the waiter just walk away. Maybe they were trying to cover the costs of the drinks in the bars with cheap...
According to the Hartford Courant, the Moscow mule was invented by John G. Martin of G.F. Heublein Brothers of Hartford, a spirits and food distributor. He named it the Moscow mule because it contains vodka, which actually is associated with Russia, while “mule” is the term for the ...