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I was so poor I owned just one pair of shoes – that didn't stop me bagging my billions, says Sir James Dyson
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Design Museum on Twitter: "James Dyson licensed his first design for a bagless vacuum cleaner in Japan. #adoptanobject https://t.co/ETwyf1m95C https://t.co/gOdVml02d5" / Twitter
Dyson Service Center - It took 5 years and 5,127 prototypes for James Dyson to invent the world's first bagless vacuum cleaner. 43 years later, Dyson continues to innovate with new technologies.
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