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  2. Monocle - Wikipedia

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    These were the first monocles worn in England and could be found from the 1830s onwards. The second style, which was developed in the 1890s, was the most elaborate, consisting of a frame with a raised edge-like extension known as the gallery. [2]

  3. Pince-nez - Wikipedia

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    The nose pads were traditionally made of cork, were attached directly to the frames, and were either hinged or stationary. This variety was popular from the 1890s to the 1930s. They were created and marketed as 'sporting pince-nez', which were claimed to be more difficult to jar from the face than the other varieties, and more comfortable in ...

  4. Timeline of Irish inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Irish road bowling. [5] 1661: Modern chemistry founded by Robert Boyle with the publication of The Sceptical Chymist. [6] 1662: Boyle's law discovered by Robert Boyle. [7] 1680s: European adaptation of Drinking chocolate - Hans Sloane. [8] However, this "adaption" is highly disputed.

  5. Eyewear - Wikipedia

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    By the year 2001, Luxottica had acquired retailers LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut; the company additionally acquired the entirety of Persol in 1995 for an undisclosed amount and Ray-Ban from Bausch + Lomb in 1999 for US$640 million. [22] [23] [24] [25]

  6. A History of Ireland in 100 Objects - Wikipedia

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    Details of the hundred objects, written by Irish Times journalist Fintan O'Toole, were initially serialized in The Irish Times between February 2011 and January 2013. In February 2013 a book about the hundred objects written by O'Toole, entitled A History of Ireland in 100 Objects , was published, and it quickly became a best-seller with 35,000 ...

  7. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    Prohibition had been popular in north Florida, but was opposed in the rest of the south, which became a haven for speakeasies and rum-runners in the 1920s. During 1928–32 a broad coalition of judges, lawyers, politicians, journalists, brewers, hoteliers, retailers, and ordinary Floridians organized to try to repeal the ban on alcohol.

  8. The Fad Toy Everyone Was Obsessed With the Year You Were Born

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    The TMNT already had a popular animated series, but a 1990 live-action film was such a smash, it made related merchandise a must-have that year—and for much of the '90s. BUY NOW Getty Images

  9. List of Florida state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Location of the state of Florida in the United States of America. The state of Florida has numerous symbols defined by state statutes. The majority of the symbols were chosen after 1950; only the two oldest symbols—the state flower (chosen in 1909), and the state bird (chosen in 1927), and the state nickname (chosen in 1970)—are not listed in the 2010 Florida Statutes. [1]