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Old 10-09-20, 08:16 AM   #1
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Default Inventions: The ride-a-roo kangaroo jockey ball

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You may know it as a ''Space Hopper'' or a ''Hippity Hop'', but the UK's 1968 version - ''Ride-a-Roo kangaroo jockey ball'' - reportedly gave British exports a boost worth $15 million.
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/...?chan=4ywvfzus

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Old 10-09-20, 08:39 AM   #2
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This is news?
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Old 10-09-20, 08:03 PM   #3
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This is crap!! (no offense Gerald)
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Old 10-10-20, 01:33 AM   #4
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^ Why, it is an invention alright.
And it "reportedly gave British exports a boost worth $15 million", so there could be similar ideas to finance brexit and make Britain great again
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