Toronto Invents: Insulin
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Toronto Invents: The Whoopee Cushion
A west-end rubber factory devised a classic practical joke.
Toronto Invents: The Sphynx Cat
This friendly, hairless breed of cat traces its beginnings to a Roncesvalles kitten.
Toronto Invents: Liquefied Helium
How excess gas led to Toronto becoming a world leader in low-temperature physics research.
Toronto Invents: The Incandescent Light Bulb
A pair of amateur Toronto scientists were among the many people whose work helped light the world.
Toronto Invents: Table Hockey
How a homemade Great Depression Christmas gift turned into an iconic Canadian game.
Toronto Invents: The Paint Roller
A cautionary tale about protecting your invention.
Toronto Invents: The Batteryless Radio
How Ted Rogers, Sr. revolutionized radio sets and saved carpets from acid stains.
Toronto Invents: Canada Dry
The "Champagne of Ginger Ales" was first bottled on Sherbourne Street.
Toronto Invents: Five-Pin Bowling
How a Toronto entrepreneur invented—then didn't get wealthy from—Canada's favourite lane sport.
Toronto Invents: Buckley’s Mixture
Soothing cold and cough sufferers, and tasting awful, since 1919.
Toronto Invents: Pablum
The story of a lifesaver for generations of babies.
Historicist: The Dawn of the Horseless Era
Frederick Barnard Fetherstonhaugh owned Toronto's first "motor carriage."
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