Deion Sanders possessed athletic ability that most humans can only dream about. He played professionally in both football and baseball at the same time. Blessed with phenomenal speed, he is considered to be one of the best cornerbacks ever to play football, known for completely shutting down his side of the field.
nolimitpictures | Getty Images. The electric tattooing machine was officially patented on Dec. 8th 1891 by a New York tattoo artist named Samuel O'Reilly. But even OâReilly would be the first to admit that his invention was really an adaptation of a machine invented by Thomas Edison âthe Autographic Printing Pen.âReillyâs tattoo machine worked by using a hollow needle filled with permanent ink. An electric motor powered the needle in and out of the skin at a rate of up to 50 punctures per second.
1 In the early 1920s, the first vending machine that sold soda dispensed it into a cup. 2  Sodas sold in bottles came around in the 1930s and the only choices available in vending machines were Classic Coke and Pepsi.3  In 1965, John Greenwick invented the first vending machine that accepted paper bills.etâs take a look at some fun facts about the history of vending machines: 1  The first commercial coin operated vending machines were introduced in London, England in the early 1880s for the convenience of busy and hungry businessmen. 2  The first vending machines dispensed quick bites such as apples and even postcards.