It was the first ever vending machine: the Puss and Mew. England in the early 18th century was a drunken place. Because there were few reliable safe sources of water, ...

"It blew my mind," says Robert Dumas about the sticker his 11-year-old daughter randomly received when she put fifty cents in a vending machine, hoping for a small toy or fun sticker.

A s opportunistic feeders, seagulls are not above stealing food from humans for an easy meal. However, it turns out, they can also mimic a cat’s meow in hopes a passerby will get them a treat ...

The contraption is based on the world’s first vending machine - known then as a ‘Puss ’n’ Mew’ - invented during the 18th Century Gin Craze.