Umbrella Trivia
The basic umbrella was invented over four thousand years ago.
The word "umbrella" comes from the Latin root word "umbra", meaning shade or shadow.
The first all umbrella shop was called "James Smith and Sons". The shop opened in 1830, and is still located at 53 New Oxford Street in London, England.
In 1852, Samuel Fox invented the steel ribbed umbrella design.
Answering Machine Trivia
Mr. Willy Müller invented the first automatic answering machine in 1935. This answering machine was a three-foot-tall machine popular with Orthodox Jews who were forbidden to answer the phone on the Sabbath.
CASIO COMMUNICATIONS created the modern telephone answering device (TAD) industry as we know it today by introducing the first commercially viable answering machine a quarter of a century ago. The product - the Model 400 - is now featured in the Smithsonian.
The pioneer patent for what evolved into voice mail belongs to Gordon Matthews. Gordon Matthews was the founder of the VMX company in Dallas, Texas that produced the first commercial voice mail system, he has become known as the "Father of Voice Mail."
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