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Invention Trivia (Cont.)
Who invented the first automobile?
Nope, its not Henry Ford. Actually, two Germans unknowingly teamed up
to do so. Karl Benz created and patented the first automobile, while Gottlieb
Daimler developed the first internal combustion engine. They both lived in Germany
about 60 miles from each other and founded companies based on their inventions
that still exist today. Amazingly, the two men were completely unaware of the other's
invention. The companies they founded later merged in the early 20th Century,
forming Daimler Benz, now Daimler Chrysler.
How were potato chips invented?
The answer: by a disgruntled resort guest and a testy chef. In 1853,
at the now demolished Moon Lake Lodge in Saratoga Springs, NY, a guest ordered the new delicacy
called French fries. The chef, George Crum, made them in the regular fashion and served them.
The customer returned them claiming they were too thick. Crum made thinner fries and again they
were returned. Aggravated, Crum made the next order of fries so thin that the customer
would not be able to use a fork on them. Instead of being irked,
however, the customer was delighted by the thin morsels " crispy
potato chips " which he was happy to pick up in his fingers.
How did one resourceful inventor find use for 270 tons of leftover Thanksgiving turkey?
Gerald Thomas, an executive with the C.A. Swanson & Sons company, was presented with a challenge.
Swanson had 10 refrigerated railroad cars, each holding more than
500,000 pounds of unsold turkey, traveling back and forth across
the country because warehouse storage space was scarce. Thomas,
inspired by the trays used for airline foods, had a revolutionary
invention idea. In 1954, the first TV dinner, featuring turkey,
corn bread dressing and gravy, buttered peas and sweet potatoes,
was created. Coasting off the growing public fascination with television,
Swanson sold an estimated 10 million dinners at a price of 98 cents each.
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