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    Cats Eyes (reflective road markings) were invented by Percy Shaw after the eyes of a real cat saved him from driving over a cliff through a fog.

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Alfred Nobel patented his invention of dynamite

On the 7th May, 1867, Alfred Nobel received an English patent for his invention of “”blasting powder”, known as dynamite.

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