The Nile River. The Nile is the longest river in the world, stretching north for approximately 4,000 miles from East Africa to the Mediterranean. Studies have shown that the River (Iteru, meaning, simply, River, as the Egyptians called it) gradually changed its location and size over millions of years.
When did color tv's become common in the average household? The KGB Agent answer: While the first color television was introduced in the US in 1953, it wasn't until the late 1960s and early '70s that color televisions became commonplace. Color sets did not outsell black-and-white sets until 1972. A German patent dating to 1904 contained the first proposal for a color television system, however, it failed, along with a second attempt in 1925.
1946 through 1955 was the first big growth period for television sets. In 1947 there were only about 100,000 TV sets in the U.S. (many of them in bars and clubs) but by 1953 there were 13 million. CBS started broadcasting in color in 1951, and all-electronic color sets were first introduced in 1954.