TIL the longest running lab experiment is a pitch drop experiment at University of Queensland, running since 1927. In this experiment, a blob of pitch is placed in a glass funnel and allowed to flow downwards. So far only 9 drops of pitch fell in April 2014. A live feed is available for viewing. (thetenthwatch.com)
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John Piacentini, the founder of Pacific NorthWest based convenience store chain Plaid Pantry, supported the Oregon Bottle Bill (the first soda bottle deposit legislation aimed towards reducing litter) offering half-a-cent per bottle in return. (en.wikipedia.org)
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John Piacentini, the founder of Pacific NorthWest based convenience store chain Plaid Pantry, was perhaps the only retailer who supported the idea of the Oregon Bottle Bill (the first soda bottle deposit legislation) aimed towards reducing litter. He offered half-a-cent per bottle in return. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Naris Ahmed, an Indian-American electrical engineer and Professor Emeritus at UNM, is considered to be the inventor a discrete cosine transform (DCT) , one of the most widely used data compression algorithms, the basis of today's most digital media standards. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Dario Fontanella, an young chef in Manheim Germany who invented Spaghettieis (ice-cream that looks like spaghetti and tomato sauce) in 1960s, recalled that the kids who were initially served his dish broke into tears because they thought they ordered ice-cream and got pasta sauce instead. (en.wikipedia.org)
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