213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates

May 31, 2022 • 00:10:37
213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates
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213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates

May 31 2022 | 00:10:37

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Hosted By

Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party that ended not quite how he thought it would.
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