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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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25th February
On this day in 1836, Samuel Colt patented his revolver in the U.S.... Read more »
On this day in 1908, The Hudson River rail tunnel was first opened to the public... Read more »
On this day in 1977, The Hawaiian Patriot oil tanker spilled over 95,000 tonnes of oil off Honolulu... Read more »
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