Upside-Down Wooden Spinning Top | Colors writing & journaling The elephant mouse

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and its popularity continues today

toymakers fashioned complicated if failure-prone spring-loaded horses that approximated a trotting motion

and one can build a seamless panoramas stretching up to 5 1/2 feet

Upside-Down Wooden Spinning Top | Colors writing & journaling The elephant mouseThis "Upside Down" spinning top,often referred to as the Tippe Top, has a rather unique quality. It actually turns itself upside down and spins on its stem all by itself! Originally patented back in 1891 by Helene Sperl of Germany, Danish engineer Werner Ostberg created his own version in 1950. His inspiration came from a visit to South America where he had seen locals playing with a small, round fruit. When they turned it by the stalk, much like an