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We invent things all the time, like our morning drink of cofftea or the device we use on our morning commute, the iSkatepad. We also invented the listicle. Some of these inventions have more merit than others (the iSkatepad, for instance, doesn’t do well in the rain), but none are quite so ridiculous as those [...]

Remember astronaut food? You know, those weird dried-out vacuum-packed foods they sell at science museums that are supposedly like the stuff astronauts in orbit have to eat? We always suspected these were actually designed as an early tactic for weeding out children with space travel aspirations who clearly weren’t up to the challenge. As in: [...]

Today, we’re told, is the anniversary of the zipper (the clothing technology, not the amusement park ride), though we weren’t able to find any evidence to back this claim up.In fact, the original zipper was patented on November 7, 1891, so our zipper listicle will have to wait a few months.
Not to worry, though, because [...]

Before you deem some hapless celebrity a total tool, we’d recommend reading mental_floss’s listicle of 13 Patent-Holding Celebrity Inventors. Otherwise, you might say that Marlon Brando was a batty and obese fool in his later years, when in fact he patented some sort of drumming device in 2002.
You might also think the Jamie Lee Curtis [...]