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How Canadian inventors have changed the world

Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:49AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:03PM EDT
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A man stands in an egg carton factory, which Joseph Coyle rented from the Brown Print Shop, in this 1924 handout photo in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Bulkley Valley Museum

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