Science Once Figured Out How To Give Rats Gambling Problems – And How To Take Them Away

Today in 2016, researchers released a study that showed how to influence rats to make risky bets in a “rat casino.”

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A Bar Owner Invented The Cash Register Because He Didn’t Trust His Bartenders

Today in 1879, a bar owner in Ohio received a patent for an invention that changed the way we buy and sell things: the cash register. He did it to thwart his bartenders, who he suspected of putting money meant for him in their own pockets.

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