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MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel

* On Aug. 28, 1877, Charles Stewart Rolls, co-founder (with Henry Royce) of the Rolls-Royce 1.automobile True or false: The morecompany, items you have in is Close the door, I’m dressing! your fridge, the more efficient it is. born in London. 2.In 1900, Rolls reportedly What is the ideal temperature to keep your refrigerator set to? was responsible for changing the 3. 90% of refrigerators in Americanational are one of two colors. speed limit from these 4 mph to 12 mph. 4. What is the average life expectancy of a

What did the mayo say when someone opened the refrigerator door?

typical refrigerator? 5. In 2004, Olaf Diegel invented a pocketsized refrigerator. What is it used for?

* On Aug. 30, 1918, in Belfort, France, Colonel Arthur L. Conger plants a false operational order for an impending Allied attack in the wastebasket of a hotel where a German agent was“Ifon staff. As it weren’t for the fact that intended, the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us the order was found and the wouldn’t get any exercise atGermans all.” –Joey Adams chose to withdraw from the area.

How much of the cold air in a fridge escapes when you open the door? How many times a day does the average American open the refrigerator door?

ANSWERS

The world’s largest refrigerator is a 17 mile long (27 km) cryogenic distribution line on the Franco-Swiss border west of Geneva. It was built for use in the LHC tunnel (Large Hadron Collider project), a particle accelerator 1. that enables scientists to recreate the conditions in the universe just after the Big Bang. 2.

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* On Aug. 29, 1949, in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb. To measure the effects of the blast, the Soviets constructed buildings and bridges, and placed animals in cages NEENITIS nearby. The atomic explosion destroyed Thisthose word means:Thisstructures genius also and incinerated the invented an improved design for the animals. refrigerator.

12/7/1942

Mary Queen of Scots 12/8/1542 Clarence Birdseye 12/9/1886 Emily Dickinson

12/10/1830

Snow is frozen waterFrank vapor, Sinatra but 12/12/1915 hail is frozen rain. Mary Todd Lincoln 12/13/1818 One inch of rain has the same amount of water as 10 inches of snow Teri Garr

12/11/1947

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Differences: 1. Pole is missing. 2. Lamp is missing. 3. Sail design is missing. 4. Tow rope is missing. 5. Handle is different. 6. Fish is reversed.

/7/1869 Jesse James 1st bank robbery /8/1980 John Lennon shot /9/2008 Rod Blagojevich arrested for selling ama’s senate seat /10/1817 Mississippi becomes 20th state /11/2008 Bernard Madoff arrested for securities ud /12/1911 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of ia /13/1903 Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone

* On Aug. 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast between the Cincinnati Reds and the How can you tell if an elephant has been in your Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. There refrigerator? There are footprints in the butter! were only two stationary camera angles: down the third base line, and above home plate.

1. TRUE: The more items you have in your fridge, the

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