Who invented the vacuum cleaner?

Have you ever wondered how people cleaned their houses before the vacuum cleaner was invented? It was a dusty, sneezy nightmare! For hundreds of years, families had to drag heavy rugs outside and literally hit them with giant paddles called carpet beaters just to get the dirt out. Dust went absolutely everywhere! Join Mira and Finn on History's Not Boring as they explore the crazy, super-sized history of the vacuum cleaner! You will not believe how gigantic the very first vacuums were. Hubert Cecil Booth invented a bright red machine called the "Puffing Billy" that was so massive, it had to be pulled through the streets of London by real horses! It was so loud it terrified horses walking by, and it used an 82-foot-long hose just to reach inside people's houses! Then, discover how a janitor named James Murray Spangler used a tin soapbox, a ceiling fan motor, and his wife's pillowcase to create the first portable vacuum cleaner, eventually starting the world-famous Hoover company! Get ready to be sucked into this amazing history!