People have been carrying them around for centuries, but their days are now numbered. The burning question? Where to keep that old, ever-optimistic condom …

Name: The wallet.

Age: So the word has been around since the 14th century, but it used to refer to a small sack for carrying provisions. The introduction of paper money to the west in the 1600s led to the development of wallets for the way we use them today. Wallets that look like wallets really came about in the 1950s.

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