A breathalyzer or breathalyser (a portmanteau of breath and analyzer/analyser) is a device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample. Breathalyzer is the brand name for the instrument that tests the alcohol level developed by inventor Robert Frank Borkenstein. It was registered as a trademark on May 13, 1954, but many people use the term to refer to any generic device for estimating blood alcohol content.
The deadline to file your federal taxes is coming up, and this year Americans will spend more than 7 billion hours preparing their taxes and will hand over more than four trillion dollars to federal, state and local governments.
According to the IRS, if youâre amongst the 68% of filers who use Form 1040, youâll spend a whopping 22 hours filing your taxes. 22 hours! I know what youâre thinking: how could it possibly take 22 hours to file your taxes? To be fair, the form completion accounts for just four of those hours.