An early Arabic work known as Kitab al-Magall or the Book of Rolls (part of Clementine literature) mentions Bouniter, the fourth son of Noah, born after the flood, who allegedly invented astronomy and instructed Nimrod.

He allegedly invented the mathematical concept of the time value of money.

Katherine and Danny also run into the real-life Devlin Adams (Nicole Kidman) and her husband Ian Maxtone-Jones (Dave Matthews), who allegedly invented the iPod.

In The Order of the Stick, goblins allegedly invented alternate-side parking, in addition to the oboe and guacamole, thus securing their place among the damned.

After he allegedly invented table football (Lucien Rosengart claims to have done so as well) he fled Francisco Franco's Spain to Latin America.

In Italy, the invention is usually credited to Carlo Parola, who allegedly invented the move on 15 January 1950.

Colonel J. C. Humphrey, son of the village wheelwright, allegedly invented corrugated iron.

As someone who has publicly advocated female sexual autonomy, I was astonished to find myself in the camp of "rape-crisis feminists" who are allegedly inventing a date-rate epidemic in order to roll back the sexual revolution.

The town's connection with the snack of the same name is that John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who lived in the 18th century allegedly invented it.

And it is this area of China that is linked to Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, who allegedly invented the south-pointing spoon.