💡 Most people know Mark Twain as America’s great humorist and storyteller, but fewer realize that Samuel Clemens was also an inventor. Over the course of his life, Twain secured three U.S. patents: 🧥 In 1871, he designed adjustable and detachable garment straps as an alternative to uncomfortable suspenders. 📔 In 1873, he patented a self-pasting scrapbook, which became his most successful invention and sold more than 25,000 copies. ♟️ In 1885, he patented the “Memory-Builder,” an educational t

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