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    The tin can was invented in 1810, but people would be bashing away at it with a hammer and chisel for 48 years until Ezra Warner invented the first can opener.

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Two moons of Uranus are discovered by William Herschel

On the 11th January, 1787, William Herschel discovered two satellites of Uranus, the moons Titania and Oberon.

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