This is the world's first frozen margarita machine, invented and built by Mariano Martinez in 1971 from parts of a soft-serve ice cream maker. His inspiration: A 7-11 Slurpee. Today, it resides in the collection of the National Museum of American History, where a museum director once called it a, "classic example of the American entrepreneurial spirit." Smithsonian: Top 10 Inventions from the Collections of the National Museum of American History
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- Historic Ten Commandments Tablet to be Auctioned Off and Could Fetch $1 Million or More
A stone tablet containing the Ten Commandments is going up for auction. The historic artifact, which dates back to the late Roman-Byzantine era, will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s on Wednesday ...
12/10/2024 - 1:56 am | View Link - Historic Ten Commandments tablet to be auctioned by Sotheby's
Sotheby's is auctioning off a "vastly important historic artifact," the oldest-known carving of the Ten Commandments dating back approximately 1,500 years.
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