Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories from Einstein's RefrigeratorPresents strange-but-true stories from history and science about such topics as the artificial heart invented by aviator Charles Lindbergh, dead whale disposal, the study of nose picking, and a man who makes instruments from burned wooden matchsticks. |
Contents
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youve never heard of it because a cow stole the spotlight | 15 |
this stuff is just downright scary | 18 |
the creative mind at work | 21 |
the most unusual instrument collection in the world | 23 |
did they really have the right stuff? | 78 |
watch those units | 84 |
still there | 89 |
something seems just a little out of place here | 92 |
almost does count | 96 |
these games mere a sideshow in every sense | 100 |
it all being human | 107 |
the good old days werent as good as you think | 109 |
he gave the company away to work on model trains | 27 |
available in eucalyptus peppermint and chlorophll flavors | 30 |
so tacky yet so cool | 33 |
who really needs lighter fluid? | 36 |
lindberghs artificial heart | 40 |
how one boy changed the world | 44 |
the worlds first radio breadcaster | 53 |
eastman kodaks big loss | 59 |
the invention that nobody wanted | 64 |
hard to believe | 71 |
was he really the first to walk on the moon? | 73 |
the guy that liued in a cage at the zoo | 112 |
the day mary the elephant was hanged | 118 |
double your money in ninety days | 122 |
good luck understanding this one | 128 |
hmmm | 133 |
it figures | 135 |
a forgotten tradition | 140 |
lets hear it for pickle power | 144 |
heylthewarisouer | 147 |
the quack heard around the world | 152 |
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 8 - Froehlich claimed that the federal government was falling behind in getting bids to supply toilet paper and that "the United States may face a serious shortage of toilet tissue within a few months.
Page 8 - Great Toilet Paper Shortage!" It actually all started as a joke. Johnny Carson was doing his typical NBC Tonight Show monologue on December 19, 1973. Heeeere's Johnnnnnny. . . . Of course, Johnny, like most talk show hosts, had a staff that helped write his monologues.