In 1858, Chester Greenwood was born in Maine. He dropped out of school but managed to invent earmuffs in 1873 at the age of 15.

One bitter cold winter day Chester was trying a new pair of ice skates. He was frustrated trying to protect his ears from the bitter cold, so he made two ear shaped loops from wire and asked his grandmother to sew some fur on them. Chester made a fortune supplying ear muffs to U.S. soldiers during World War I.

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