![USPTO on X: "#OTD in 1871 Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, received a patent for an “improvement in adjustable and detachable straps for garments,” an alternative method for tightening clothing. USPTO on X: "#OTD in 1871 Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, received a patent for an “improvement in adjustable and detachable straps for garments,” an alternative method for tightening clothing.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpnZR67W4AAMM1V.jpg)
USPTO on X: "#OTD in 1871 Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, received a patent for an “improvement in adjustable and detachable straps for garments,” an alternative method for tightening clothing.
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From Prince's keytar to Bing Crosby's sash window: celebrity patents in pictures | Life and style | The Guardian
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Mark Twain disliked suspenders so much that he invented the bra clasp. (That's right.) ‹ Literary Hub
Malta Libraries - Did you know? ⁉️🤔📖 Today is Samuel Langhorne Clemens' birthday, the American author and humourist better known as #MarkTwain. Apart from giving us such classic novels as #TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn and #
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