1830 Edwin Budding of Glouscestershire signed an agreement for the manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower. His first customer was London's Regent's Park Zoo

My goodness! Weren't animals used to keep lawns tidy before this invention?

1897 A public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel, "Dracula, or, The Un-dead", was staged in London

I wonder how many were afraid of the dark after this.