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Find the 5 things that don’t belong in 1935.
TipOpen one step at a time. The answer always asks twice, so nothing gets spoiled by accident.
1NudgeOpen
Cross off the decoys first. These look modern but were fine in 1935: Monopoly (1935), Band-Aid bandages (1921) and Scotch cellulose tape (1930).
2CloserOpen
One intruder is ballpoint pens: Bíró’s patent 1938; on sale in the US 1945.
Still to find: stockings, a cart, a frying pan and a fastener.
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- Ballpoint pens · 1938
- Nylon stockings · 1939
- Shopping carts · 1937
- Non-stick Teflon frying pans · 1956
- Velcro · 1955
★Solved it? The story behind the datesContains the answers
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Everything in the document on one timeline. Yellow dots arrived too late.
- 1921Band-Aid bandagesFine
Invented 1920, in stores 1921.Source: Band-Aid company history - 1930Scotch cellulose tapeFine
Introduced 1930.Source: Smithsonian NMAH - 1935MonopolyFine
Parker Brothers began selling it in 1935.Source: Smithsonian NMAH - 1935 · the document is dated here
- 1937Shopping cartsNot yet
First used 4 Jun 1937, Oklahoma City.Source: CBS News - 1938Ballpoint pensNot yet
Bíró’s patent 1938; on sale in the US 1945.Source: Wikipedia - 1939Nylon stockingsNot yet
Test sale Oct 1939; national sale 15 May 1940.Source: Science History Institute - 1955VelcroNot yet
Patented 1955.Source: Lemelson-MIT - 1956Non-stick Teflon frying pansNot yet
Tefal pans 1956; US “Happy Pan” 1961.Source: Smithsonian Magazine
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