→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to’’s body. Heck, it is even in the International Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York. As with a lot of things that have become commonplace, hardly any thought has been put into how and why it is was invented and by whom. In fact, the history of the cardboard box, besides rarely being talked about, isn’t particularly well documented either. However, cobbled together through several sources, patents, and old forgotten texts, we can start to piece together the story of the ubiquitous cardboard box. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/02/invention-cardboard-box/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard_box https://books.google.com/books?id=5RoaBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR2&dq=Cartons,+Crates+and+Corrugated+Board&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CcTTVN7YBaTfsASfkYHoCA&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Gair&f=false https://www.google.com/patents/US122023?dq=Albert+Jones+1871&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3IPTVPvDBrXIsASbyYGgAQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25924/the-game-of-besieging-das-board-game-unknown/ http://books.google.com/books?id=yQkLAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=%22cardboard+box%22+1817&hl=en&sa=X&ei=924ZUrLDHomEjALuuYHICw&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22cardboard%20box%22%201817&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=jkRFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA407&dq=cardboard+OR+card-board&hl=en&ei=3clATcXTFYGClAfF8PH9Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=cardboard%20&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_paper http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0133.html http://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/cardboard-box http://sciencelens.co.nz/2012/12/19/corrugated-cardboard/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gair http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp/collection/museum_invention_paper.htm Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-19426028/stock-photo-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B