Treehugger alerted me to the rather surprising story of this light bulb, burning continuously since 1901. Yeah, at least that’s the story here, at the Centennial Light Bulb Committee’s website (a partnership of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, Livermore Heritage Guild, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, and Sandia National Laboratories).
The bulb is said to have been made [...]
Posted November 4, 2005 by Casey Bisson
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NPR’s food essayist Bonny Wolf reported yesterday on the 100th birthday of the popsicle for Weekend Edition Sunday (listen in RealAudio).
Like so many brilliant inventions, it happened by accident in 1905. And through a century of change, it remains a consistent American icon, stick and all.
It all started, apparently, with a forgotten bottle of soda [...]
Posted July 4, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: 100 years, 100th birthday of the popsicle, birthday, fourth of july, fourthofjuly, ice cream novelties, ice cream novelty, july 4, july 4th, july fourth, popsicle, soda pop. Be the first one.
