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Toasters

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

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Toaster to Table - Takeaway Number Two

Toasters became a common appliance thanks to one metallic alloy. In 19 o five, an american metalogist came up with nichrome, which is a combination of nickel and chromium,. That was the key thing they needed to invent before they could invent the rest of the machine. And it took off really fa he he patented this in 19 o six, and then two years later, general electric was selling multiple models of a toaster like this.

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