His name is Thurl Ravenscroft. He’s grrrreat.
It all makes sense now.
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The formerly familiar swooosh as the caller rotated the dial clockwise on a rotary phone to the “finger stop” and then the click-click-click as the dial returned counter-clockwise to the start position is now a novelty application that you can install on your iPhones for nostalgic yuks. Adolescents waiting in line nearby will wonder what the heck that sound is, while we older fogies will know you’re poking fun at us and our ancient ways.
11 sounds your kids have probably never heard
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The telephone undoubtedly improved human communication, but it didn’t quite bring world peace…
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Incorrect.
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Rolling Stones’ ageless frontman Mick Jagger is not technically prehistoric, but paleontologists have long had a weird affinity for him. In 1995, a newly discovered species of trilobite (like the one pictured here) was named aegrotocatellus jaggeri after the gyrating rock singer responsible for hits like “Get Off of My Cloud.” The Latin word aegrotocatellus translates to “sick puppy.”
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The economy may still be floundering. But the Christmas tree business is booming. Americans will spend an estimated $3.4 billion on Christmas trees this year, the highest amount since 2007.
- 25 million -– Number of real Christmas trees Americans will buy this year
- $800 million — Estimated retail cost of those trees
- 10 million — Artificial trees Americans will buy this holiday season
- $2.6 billion — Estimated retail cost of those artificial trees
- 80 — Percent of all artificial trees that are manufactured in China
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The same person who sang “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” was also the voice of Tony the Tiger.
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This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.
—Western Union internal memo, 1876
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Some telling facts about lawns:
- Researchers have recently discovered that chemicals released by freshly mown grass make people feel happy and relaxed, and may even prevent mental decline in old age.
- Today, about 80 percent of all American homes have lawns.
- Lawns consume massive amounts of water—more than U.S. farmers use to grow wheat, or corn, or any other agricultural crop.
- A gas-powered mower emits as much pollution per hour as 11 cars.
- Last week, school officials in Carlisle, Pa., turned over the district’s lawn care to a herd of hungry sheep, saving $15,000 a year in landscaping costs.
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