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The designs of certain household items seem to work well anywhere at any time. Susan Spencer of "48 Hours" takes a look at one that is timeless: At Tom Parr's Trap History Museum outside Columbus, ...

Taking old ideas and making them better – or at least shinier and more entertainingly complex – is the geek creed, and with that in mind we have quiet admiration for Jake Easton's "Better Mousetrap".

It happened — you spotted a mouse. If you’re anything like me, your first instinct may be that you need to pack your luggage and find a new place to live. Of course, that’s not super realistic. A ...

AVON — Frank von Holzhausen, the only original founder left at Group 4, chuckles when he admits that from time to time, at a cocktail party, he will say: “I invented the better mousetrap.” He had help ...

Some of the oldest known mousetraps were catalogued in the late sixteenth century, by Leonard Mascall, the clerk of the kitchen to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mascall published a series of books on ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Animal Trap Company of Lititz, ...