The US average is 37. Snowfall is 0 inches. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 54. On average, there are 255 sunny days per year in Rocklin, California.
Walter E. Diemer; Inventor of Bubble Gum. Walter E. Diemer, who accidentally invented bubble gum while testing recipes in 1928, is dead at 93. Diemer's invention, developed when he was a 23-year-old accountant for a chewing gum company, became the bane of parents throughout the world, but remains the pleasure of countless youngsters--and some adults.
Though Sealed Air's founders invented Bubble Wrap in 1957, competitor products have slowly chipped away at the company's dominance. The Journal reports that in 2010, Bubble Wrap contributed 5.7 percent of Sealed Air's total sales. By 2012 it was down to 3.6 percent.