- Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer and legislator with a reputations as an eloquent opponent of slavery, shocked many when he overcame several more prominent contenders to win the Republican Part's nomination for the president in 1860.
- He was the 16th U.S President
- He was assassinated in 1865, White house Ford's Theather.
Paper money actually invented in China. For centuries Chinese people used copper coins as their primary currency but since copper is a heavy metal so they had to come up with something more convenient like paper form; light, easy to carry and most importantly safe!
- Usage of paper notes dates backs in 7th Century Tang Dynasty.
- It is believed that their paper money eventually became known as “ flying Money”
- Even though the paper money wasn’t very popular, in 900 – 1000, it become more useful until a cooper shortage forced merchants and Song Dynasty Government officials to issue and accept paper notes backed by gold reserves – First legal tender in the world!!!
In 2007, Vodafone, the British telecom giant and Safaricom, a Kenyan mobile operator worked together on program called M-Pesa that ultimately allowed people to make payments and transfer money with their mobile devices!
- He took a strip of gauze, laid it down on the sticky side of some surgical tape and over both laid a strip of crinoline so the whole could be rolled up and not stick to itself
- Ever since, whenever his wife cut herself, she could cut off a ready-made bandage.
- Dickson, was working for Johnson & Johnson at that time and he presented his innovative idea to higher-ups.
- Outcome: even though Band-Aid was not a mega hit at first, it was welcome by lots of people, and then the company started distributing them free of charge to a demographic that had an even greater need than housewives
- Mr. Luther, inventor, called it " Hole-in-the- wall machine"
- No one used that machine except few gamblers and prostitutes and it disappeared after 6 months.
- The real breakthrough emerge in 1969 by another inventor named Donald C. Wetzel who invented automated Teller Machine for a company called Docutel, which was installed at Chemical Bank in NY.
- 4 Years later at least there were 2000 A.T.M installed in the U.S., and NOW, today there are more than 400,000
- It costs $30K to make and installed in different business areas
▲There are verities of Cucumber. The most desirable and popular are Persian, English, and Pickling Cucumbers.
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