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[Jolly]

Article is misleading...Looks to me like it mostly covers the last couple of decades...

https://listverse.com/2024/05/07/the-10-most-useless-inventions-in-human-history/

[Mik]

Pretty good list though. The banana slicer is my favorite.

[Jolly]

No humping dog for you?

[taiwan_girl]

Is the Pet Rock really an invention?

[Doctor Phibes]

@taiwan_girl said in Top Ten:

Is the Pet Rock really an invention?

It's really more of a discovery than an invention. The discovery of course being how gullible people are.

[Mik]

@taiwan_girl said in Top Ten:

Is the Pet Rock really an invention?

The precursor to the inflatable sex doll, so yes.

[LuFins Dad]

@taiwan_girl beat me to it. Most of these aren’t inventions, just dumb marketing gimmicks.