When Henry Ford wanted to get unbreakable glass for his cars, he any of the experts. They knew too many reasons why it wouldn’t see be done. He said, the eager young person who couldn’t “Bring me know the reasons why unbreakable glass cannot be He doesn’t made.” got unbreakable glass. (Joe Griffith, in of Business, p. Speaker’s Library 253) It was a company joke that had been tried on every embryonic engineer since the electric light was scarcely a gleam in eye. The service ’s engineer would be assigned the of frosting electric “impossible” task light bulbs on the inside. A new engineer at General Electric, Marvin Pipkin, was put through the usual routine. Not being aware that it was a joke, he discovered a way not only to frost bulbs on the inside, but also to etch the glass with soft, rounded pits which gave the bulbs added strength and affected a maximum diffusion of the light. Fortunately no told Marvin Pipkin that he had been assigned the “wise guy” impossible, so he went ahead and did it. (Derric Johnson, in The Wonder of America, p. 136) goats can climb up cliffs which are almost vertical. Tough pads on their hooves act as suction cups, and stop them from slipping on the steep rocks. (The Usborne Book of Facts & Lists: Omnibus Edition) Mount Erebus, the only active volcano in Antarctica, spews crystals of pure gold when it erupts. The microscopic particles are too fine and widely dispersed to harvest. (Barbara Seuling) At the Port Royal Golf Course in on , twenty-one year old Joe Flynn recorded the lowest 18 hole score ever, an 82. If you think those statistics might not be up to 18 hole mark was for throwing par, Flynn’s the ball. (Jack Kreismer, in The Bathroom Trivia Book , p. 70) When Hannibal invaded , in the third century B.C., his military engineers employed fire and vinegar to smash a path through the . The engineers heated immovable rocks with blazing logs, then poured vinegar over the rocks. The rocks split into fragments that could be pushed aside. Book of Facts, p. 259) (Isaac Asimov’s Is it possible that the ground in the can get as much heat from the sun during one day as the ground along the Equator? Tavern types win
When Henry Ford wanted to get unbreakable glass for his cars, he wouldn’t see any of the experts. They knew too many reasons why it couldn’t be done. He said, “Bring me the eager young person who doesn’t know the reasons why unbreakable glass cannot be made.” He got unbreakable glass. (Joe Griffith, in Speaker’s Library of Business, p. 253) It was a company joke that had been tried on every embryonic engineer since the electric light was scarcely a gleam in ’s eye. The service engineer would be assigned the “impossible” task of frosting electric light bulbs on the inside. A new engineer at General Electric, Marvin Pipkin, was put through the usual routine. Not being aware that it was a joke, he discovered a way not only to frost bulbs on the inside, but also to etch the glass with soft, rounded pits which gave the bulbs added strength and affected a maximum diffusion of the light. Fortunately no “wise guy” told Marvin Pipkin that he had been assigned the impossible, so he went ahead and did it. (Derric Johnson, in The Wonder of America, p. 136) goats can climb up cliffs which are almost vertical. Tough pads on their hooves act as suction cups, and stop them from slipping on the steep rocks. (The Usborne Book of Facts & Lists: Omnibus Edition) Mount Erebus, the only active volcano in Antarctica, spews crystals of pure gold when it erupts. The microscopic particles are too fine and widely dispersed to harvest. (Barbara Seuling) At the Port Royal Golf Course in on , twenty-one year old Joe Flynn recorded the lowest 18 hole score ever, an 82. If you think those statistics might not be up to par, Flynn’s 18 hole mark was for throwing the ball. (Jack Kreismer, in The Bathroom Trivia Book , p. 70) When Hannibal invaded , in the third century B.C., his military engineers employed fire and vinegar to smash a path through the . The engineers heated immovable rocks with blazing logs, then poured vinegar over the rocks. The rocks split into fragments that could be pushed aside. (Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts, p. 259) Is it possible that the ground in the can get as much heat from the sun during one day as the ground along the Equator? Tavern types win
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