Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed
Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed
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The Great Toaster Hoax - Fortean Times
The Great Toaster Hoax - Fortean Times
Best Tech Stories around the web #338
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Best Tech Stories around the web #338
The Great Toaster Hoax - Fortean Times
Scot-study - The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 by Alan MacMasters in Scotland. He called the device the “Eclipse Toaster,” and it was manufactured and marketed by the Crompton Company.
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