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5:33 p.m. • 5-22-13

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History Quiz: It's Sew Important

What happened on this day in history? Take the quiz!

There must be something in the air ... lots of patents for pretty useful things were granted on this day.

On this day in 1854, a sewing machine that could do this was patented:

button Self-thread
button Run on electricity
button Sew buttonholes
button Untangle itself