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Craven Walker invented the lava lamp, and its contents are colored wax and water.
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The guillotine was originally called a louisette. Named for Antoine Louis, the French surgeon who invented it. It became known as the guillotine for Joseph Ignace Guillotin, the French physician who advocated it as a more merciful means of execution than the noose or ax.
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07-17-2003, 10:12 PM
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Teflon was discovered in 1938.
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{I wonder if they really mean invented...}
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07-17-2003, 10:13 PM
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Alfred Nobel used a cellulose adhesive (nitrocellulose) as the chemical binder for nitroglycerin, which he used in his invention of dynamite.
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07-17-2003, 10:13 PM
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At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, and Englishman, had a tea concession. On a very hot day, none of the fairgoers were interested in hot tea. Blechyden served the tea cold and invented iced tea.
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07-17-2003, 10:14 PM
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and that does it for this session...
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07-17-2003, 10:15 PM
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looks like Sharni should over take my posting in this thread in a day or two (since I will be away from the PC for about 5 days  )
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07-17-2003, 10:16 PM
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I really hate posting these blank ones... but I'm not feeling overly enthusiastic tonight...
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07-17-2003, 10:18 PM
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07-17-2003, 10:19 PM
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07-17-2003, 10:20 PM
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