Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton abandoned the two cases of Mackinlay and Co., brand whiskey in 1909 after a failed attempt at reaching the South Pole. ...
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The discovery of the magnetic compass was an event of GREAT importance in the history of people. It was the first documented instrument created by mankind that could be read using a precise scale. Of course the sundial had been around for a long time, but it doesn't move [just it's shadow does...
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