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Fascinating trivia facts It turns out that Kenneth Simmons, the Democratic mayor him to see a faint image of the bones in his hand. Because he
compiled by Stanley of Milton, arranged the whole thing to both embarrass the didn’t know why the rays could do all that, he named them
Morgenbesser Republican Party and to show that most people have no X-rays, with the X standing for “unknown.”
Was An Animal Ever clue who they are voting for. A check of the election records Who Invented The Board Game Monopoly?
Elected To Office In The proved that everything was on the up-and-up. The mule One of the most famous board games of all time was
United States? had signed the filing notice with his hoof print and Mayor invented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904 under the original name,
On Sept. 14 of 1938, the Simmons signed off as a witness. The Landlord’s Game. Magie’s game was a critique of the
people of Milton, Wash., Why Are They Called X-Rays? injustices of unchecked capitalism, making it all the more
elected Boston Curtis to be X-rays were discovered by accident, and Wilhelm Conrad ironic when her game was completely ripped off by Charles
their Republican precinct Roentgen, the physicist who discovered the rays, had no idea Darrow 30 years later, who sold it to Parker Brothers. The
committeeman during the why they were doing what they did. He was experimenting firm eventually tracked down Magie and paid her $500 for
primary election. He won by with cathode rays when he noticed they caused another part her troubles.
51 votes. The problem was that Boston Curtis was a mule. of his equipment to glow; he also found that the rays allowed Which Movie Star Invented Wireless Transmission
Technology?
Movie siren Hedy Lamarr was not only beautiful but
brainy. She created a communication system in 1941 to
Wine Lockers guide torpedoes without detection. Her design manipulated
the radio frequencies to operate at irregular intervals, so that
classified messages could be sent in an unbreakable code and
could not be intercepted by the enemy during World War II.
Her groundbreaking technology in wireless transmission led
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Freelance Writer/Blogger a brass nameplate At a time when air travel was much more dangerous,
If you are passionate on the front of the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt flew to Chicago in 1932
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