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2. Ironing - Wikipedia

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   Ironing a shirt. Ironing is the use of an iron, usually heated, to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases from fabric. [1] The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 180–220 °C (360–430 °F), depending on the fabric. [2] Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibres of the material. While ...

3. Sarah Boone - Wikipedia

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   The patent drawing for the ironing board invented by Sarah Boone. Sarah Marshall was born in Craven County, North Carolina, near the town of New Bern, in 1832. [6] Along with her three siblings, she was born into slavery and barred from formal education. [7] [8] Sarah was educated by her grandfather at home. [8]

4. Veronica Hamel - Wikipedia

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   She worked as a secretary for a company that manufactured ironing board covers. She began a fashion modeling career after being discovered by Eileen Ford. In her first film role, she played a model in 1971's Klute, followed by roles in the disaster films Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and When Time Ran Out.

5. Laundry symbol - Wikipedia

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   By the early 1970s, GINETEX was working with ISO to develop international standards for textile labelling, eventually leading to the ISO 3758 standard, Textiles – Care labelling code using symbols. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ISO 3758 was supplemented in 1993, revised in 2005 and again in 2012 and 2023 with reviews of the standard held on a five-year cycle.

6. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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   This process takes much less time than ironing with the usual iron and ironing board. There were many electric rotary ironers on the American market including Solent, Thor, Ironrite and Apex. By the 1940s the list had grown to include Bendix, General Electric, Kenmore and Maytag. [ 4 ]

7. Quirky Guinness World Records of 2024 include a ... - AOL

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   A cat named Bao Zi set a Guinness World Record for the fastest 10 meters on a skateboard by a cat, 12.85 seconds, in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, on April 4, 2024.