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When Edward Berner could not serve his customer flavoured soda water on the Sabbath, he served him up a bowl of ice-cream topped with chocolate ice-cream soda flavouring - the first ice-cream sundae!
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19th February
On this day in 1856, The tin type camera was patented by Hamilton L. Smith... Read more »
On this day in 1878, Thomas Edison patented his Phonograph, which recorded and played back sounds... Read more »
On this day in 1986, The Soviet Union launched the Mir space station... Read more »
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