We probably wouldn’t have a choice of where to get our ice cream served - a cone or cup - if not for a Syrian pastry vendor Ernest A. Hamwi in 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. And although Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for inviting his ice cream cone in December 1903 in NYC, Hamwi’s invention was a pure brainchild out of a hurry. An ice cream seller in the booth next door to him ran out of dishes to serve the ice cream on, so Hamwi quickly rolled up one of his freshly baked waffle-like pastries that cooled down in a second and placed the ice cream on top. The customers couldn’t be happier and this became a solid proof that necessity is the mother of invention.