Happy Official Birthday to the Drinking Straw

On this day in 1888 - Marvin Stone was granted a patent for the drinking straw even though straws have been used for drinking since the age of the Sumerians.

Marvin Stone, however, was nothing next Otto Frederick Rohwedder who invented sliced bread in 1927 (actually the process for automaticlly slicing bread). Every invention prior to 1927 (except maybe the wheel - which was invented by an early Celt to help transport beer) pales in comparison to sliced bread - hence the saying "the best thing sinced sliced bread."