Not many people realize that the first vacuum cleaner was invented by a gentleman by the name of Ives W. McGaffney in the year 1866 A.D. And there probably are even fewer who know that it didn’t run by electricity, and definitely not by Roomba batteries, but by a crank. If you think you hate vacuuming with a passion right now, can you imagine if you had to crank it up before having all kinds of fun pushing it around the house? Of course, none of that matters today, because most vacuum cleaners run by electricity, while other run on…