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They were first made by the Egyptians, but no difference was made between the right and the left item.
shoes
This drink was discovered by a Yemeni shepherd whose sheep wouldn't sleep after eating the red fruit of a plant
coffee
The first pair was worn in 1760 by an eccentric Belgian who put them on and rolled into a party in Soho, London.
roller-skates
This liquid was developed in England in the nineteenth century and made by hairdressers by boiling soft soap in soda-water.
shampoo
This drink was developed in the USA in 1896 and made from sugar, cafeine, coca leaves and soda water.
I 4000-3000 BC a new drink was discovered when the juice from grapes was left to ferment in Turkestan.
Wine
They were invented by Chinese women ni order ot light fires to cook and keep warm.
matches
This game was invented by a Frenchman called Dumas in 1762 - he cut up maps into litlle pieces and the idea was to put them back together again.
The first ones were printed by James Chalmers of Scotland in 1834, but they weren't licked and used until 1840
stamps
When this was invented in 1901, it replaced the broom.
vacuum cleaner
I 4000-3000 BC a new aromatic drink was discovered when some leaves fell off a branch and landed in Emperor Shang Yeng's afternoon cup of hot water.
tea
The first of this thing was written in Akkadian. The first bilingual one of this was published in 1480. Now it's an invaluable tool of every language learner.
dictionary
This water sport was described by Captain Cook in his report about Hawaii nearly two hundred years before it became popular in California
surfing
This musical instrument was invented by a Belgian, Adolphe Sax, in 1846.
saxophone
In 1913, a word-game with clues was invented by Arthur Wynne and first appeared in an American newspaper.
crossword puzzle
This card game was first developed in Persia but was later made popular by American gangsters.
poker
They were invented in 1280 by a Florentine physicist by sticking two bits of curved glass on either side of his nose.
spectacles
An unpopular tool invented by George Washington's dentist in 1790
dentist's drill
This musical instrument was developed by Spanish instrument maker Antonio Torres, but the electric version wasn't made until 1935.
guitar
One day, a native American working as a cook was asked to make some chips cut very thinly. This resulted in the invention of something very popular to this day
potato chips/crisps
Between 2000 and 1800 BC a method of sticking needles into people to make them feel better was invented. What method was it?
acupuncture
Most people think these sweet rolls were invented by the French - in fact, they were first made in Vienna by a Polish baker.
croissants
macintosh
An American photographer was experimenting with a substitute for rubber, when he put some in his mouth, and so invented a popular sweet.
chewing gum
The first one of these was used by Apple computers in 1983 and can be used instead of a keyboard to tell the computer what to do.
mouse