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124: Selling Time
In 1836, the Belville family began their business of selling time. It started with Ruth Belville's father and passed down to his daughter, Ruth....
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123: The Longest Name in the World. Maybe
There might be longer names, but Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. probably comes the closest. Amy reads it all. Because there's more. SO MUCH MORE...
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122: Good George Dantzig!
In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will is a janitor at MIT--he solves some impossible math problems and shocks the professors. That origin story...
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121: Isle of Discussion
In this time of COVID19 and staying at home (if you happen to be at home with more than just yourself) you might be...
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120: Play-Doh!
In 1930, the Kutol company came up with a putty to clean coal dust off of walls. Impending bankruptcy forced them to shift gears...
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119: Pete and Repeat
Margaret and Matilda Roumania Peters were sisters and tennis champions in the 1930s, long before Serena and Venus Williams. While still in high school,...