🎧 Wheeled Suitcase
🎧 Patented: History of Inventions • 24m
We put man on the moon, before we invented a wheeled suitcase.
So, why did it take so long? Well, the research of today’s guest suggests entrenched, gendered attitudes made the embrace of this idea even slower.
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🎧 Tanks
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🎧 The Origin of Zero
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