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The Kite That Belongs to the Whole Hill
At the top of Kestrel Hill there is an unlocked wooden box with a red kite inside, and for nine years anyone who climbs up has been allowed to fly it.
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The Slinky Began as a Ship Spring That Fell Off a Shelf
In 1943 an engineer working on springs to steady instruments on ships knocked one off a shelf, and instead of flopping in a heap it walked down to the floor and stood up.
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The Frisbee Took Its Name From a Bakery's Pie Tins
Long before plastic flying discs, people in Connecticut were said to be sailing empty pie tins from a Bridgeport bakery across the grass, and the bakery's name stuck.
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Play-Doh Began Life as a Wallpaper Cleaner
Before it was squashed into dinosaurs and pretend pizzas, the world's favourite modelling dough was sold for rubbing soot off wallpaper.
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The First Jigsaw Puzzle Was a Map for Teaching Geography
Long before there were puzzles of kittens and lighthouses, a London mapmaker glued a map of Europe onto a thin wooden board and cut it up so that children could learn where every country went.