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| Minnesota Facts |
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Rollerblades were the first commercially successful in-line Roller Skates. Minnesota students Scott and Brennan Olson invented them in 1980, when they were looking for a way to practice Hockey during the off-season. |
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The first Automatic Pop-up toaster was marketed in June 1926 by McGraw Electric Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota under the name Toastmaster. The retail price was $13.50. |
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Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables. |
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