Normally, when I come out with stuff like this, the missus yawns and shouts “boring but true”.
Look at PJ O’Rourke – he made a good few quid out of the boring but true.
The British Museum prompted the invention of the Rawlplug. It needed electrical fittings installed in the walls without damaging the masonry but traditional methods weren’t good enough. Local builder John Rawlings solved the problem by inventing a fibre plug, made from jute and bonded with animal blood. He called it the Rawlplug…
About 70,000 people a year require hospital treatment in Britain from injuries sustained while trying to open “stubborn” packaging. The most dangerous packaging is glass bottles, responsible for 26% of packaging related visits.
