![Ordered my first roller skates ever! I'm so excited! I only had inline skates as a kid (they were sold everywhere but roller skates weren't a thing) and always dreamed of having Ordered my first roller skates ever! I'm so excited! I only had inline skates as a kid (they were sold everywhere but roller skates weren't a thing) and always dreamed of having](https://i.redd.it/jrra9xeul3c71.jpg)
Ordered my first roller skates ever! I'm so excited! I only had inline skates as a kid (they were sold everywhere but roller skates weren't a thing) and always dreamed of having
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RollEgoli - Did you know? The invention of roller skates (1) is attributed to John Joseph Merlin (1735-1803) from Huy, Belgium. Around 1760, he had the idea of adapting ice skating to
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