Now, some humor. I think we need a laugh.
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Martin Luther nailing his 95 Reese's to the door of the Wittenberg Church.
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In Martin Luther’s time (1517), church doors were the community bulletin boards. They weren’t just symbolic; they were literally used for posting public announcements, university notices, and theological debates. In Wittenberg, for example, the Castle Church door was made of thick wood and often used for “academic postings,” especially in a university town. So Luther’s act of nailing the 95 Theses wasn’t considered vandalism — it was the standard way to announce something for scholarly discussion.
As for when bulletin boards as we know them today were invented — the concept of a dedicated “notice board” or “bulletin board” didn’t appear until the 18th–19th century, when schools, post offices, and factories began to formalize public communication. The first actual cork bulletin boards (with tacks or pushpins) were patented in the 1920s.
The corkboard was invented by George Brooks in 1925, who patented the idea of using cork sheets to make a reusable pin board.
The pushpin had already been invented in 1900 by Edwin Moore, making it possible to post notices without hammering nails.
So to summarize:
1500s – Church doors, taverns, and town gates served as the “bulletin boards.”
1700s–1800s – Dedicated notice boards began to appear in civic and academic settings.
1900s – Cork bulletin boards and pushpins made it easy to post things without damaging doors.
If Luther had lived four centuries later, he could’ve just used a pushpin — and probably gotten a lot fewer splinters!
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Martin Luther nailing his 95 Reese's to the door of the Wittenberg Church.
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In Martin Luther’s time (1517), church doors were the community bulletin boards. They weren’t just symbolic; they were literally used for posting public announcements, university notices, and theological debates. In Wittenberg, for example, the Castle Church door was made of thick wood and often used for “academic postings,” especially in a university town. So Luther’s act of nailing the 95 Theses wasn’t considered vandalism — it was the standard way to announce something for scholarly discussion.
As for when bulletin boards as we know them today were invented — the concept of a dedicated “notice board” or “bulletin board” didn’t appear until the 18th–19th century, when schools, post offices, and factories began to formalize public communication. The first actual cork bulletin boards (with tacks or pushpins) were patented in the 1920s.
The corkboard was invented by George Brooks in 1925, who patented the idea of using cork sheets to make a reusable pin board.
The pushpin had already been invented in 1900 by Edwin Moore, making it possible to post notices without hammering nails.
So to summarize:
1500s – Church doors, taverns, and town gates served as the “bulletin boards.”
1700s–1800s – Dedicated notice boards began to appear in civic and academic settings.
1900s – Cork bulletin boards and pushpins made it easy to post things without damaging doors.
If Luther had lived four centuries later, he could’ve just used a pushpin — and probably gotten a lot fewer splinters!
Now, some humor. I think we need a laugh.
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Martin Luther nailing his 95 Reese's to the door of the Wittenberg Church.
-
In Martin Luther’s time (1517), church doors were the community bulletin boards. They weren’t just symbolic; they were literally used for posting public announcements, university notices, and theological debates. In Wittenberg, for example, the Castle Church door was made of thick wood and often used for “academic postings,” especially in a university town. So Luther’s act of nailing the 95 Theses wasn’t considered vandalism — it was the standard way to announce something for scholarly discussion.
As for when bulletin boards as we know them today were invented — the concept of a dedicated “notice board” or “bulletin board” didn’t appear until the 18th–19th century, when schools, post offices, and factories began to formalize public communication. The first actual cork bulletin boards (with tacks or pushpins) were patented in the 1920s.
The corkboard was invented by George Brooks in 1925, who patented the idea of using cork sheets to make a reusable pin board.
The pushpin had already been invented in 1900 by Edwin Moore, making it possible to post notices without hammering nails.
So to summarize:
1500s – Church doors, taverns, and town gates served as the “bulletin boards.”
1700s–1800s – Dedicated notice boards began to appear in civic and academic settings.
1900s – Cork bulletin boards and pushpins made it easy to post things without damaging doors.
If Luther had lived four centuries later, he could’ve just used a pushpin — and probably gotten a lot fewer splinters!
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