Times Have Changed
Television went from good for you to bad for you to good in moderation. You've probably heard of Motorola making cellphones and other electronics, but did you know they used to make TVs, too?
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The More You Know
- The woolly mammoth survived until Egyptian times.
- Armadillos swallow air to become buoyant when they swim.
- A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
- Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.