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Re: lifespan of hard rubber

Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2007-05-03 19:19

The book is full of obscure facts and figures, most of which checked out when I looked into them. It's not written in a scholarly fashion, but the information is dead on accurate for a lay person.

Fun fact from the book: George Eastman, the "inventor" of the modern camera with roll feed film and remote processing, shot himself in the head or heart with a Luger pistol. He left a note that said (in effect) "Why wait?"

(There are some that maintain that he was anticipating the advent of digital, film-less cameras...)

Others included are the true origins of Velcro and Teflon (neither of which had the slightest thing to do with NASA and astronauts), why Goodyear died a pauper, and the aforementioned elephant and turtle allusions.

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Post Edited (2007-05-03 19:22)

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