Philosophy
Litter box [Wikipedia]
- Canadian Penny...gone
"Canada Wins the Race to Eliminate the Terrible Penny"byRebecca GreenfieldMarch 29th, 2012 The AtlanticCanada has bested America in at least one thing today, ridding itself of what The New Yorker called "horrid and useless" bits of currency, the penny....
- Carl William Blegen...homer, "iliad", Troy
Carl William Blegen January 27th, 1887 to August 24th, 1971 Carl William Blegen was an archaeologist who unearthed evidence that supported and dated the sack of Troy recorded in Homer's Iliad. Storage jars, skeletons and ash piles (which he...
- Grigori Perelman Has Turned Down Clay Mathematics Institute's Fields Medal
"A Math Problem Solver Declines a $1 Million Prize" by Dennis Overbye July 1st, 2010 The New York Times Grisha Perelman has finally spoken. The reclusive Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman, aka Grisha, gained worldwide fame by claiming to have...
- Mars Died Today...in 1999
Mars? Forrest Edward Mars, that is...the chocolate bar maker. American candy manufacturer who led Mars Inc., one of the world's largest confectionery companies. After helping to develop the Milky Way bar for his father's candy-making business,...
- Shoe Fitting X-ray Device...long Gone
See X-Ray Shoe Fitting Machine below. A shoe sales gimmick...but cool. These machines were common in just about every shoe store in the country in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Who knew of the potential dangers and they were plagued with technical...
Philosophy
Edward H. Lowe...feline friend
Edward H. Lowe
July 10th, 1920 to October 4th, 1995
Edward H. Lowe was an "American inventor of Kitty Litter. After Navy duty (1941-45), Lowe joined his father's company in Cassopolis, Mich., selling industrial absorbents, including sawdust and an absorbent clay called Fuller's Earth. In 1947, Lowe suggested the use of the clay instead of ashes for his neighbor's cat's box to avoid sooty paw prints. It worked well and Lowe thought other cat owners would use this new cat-box filler. He filled ten brown bags with clay, wrote the name "Kitty Litter" on them and began selling it through the local pet store. By 1990, his marketing effort had grown into a clay mining and consumer product business, the largest U.S. producer of cat-box filler, now improved, 99% dust free, and sanitized against odor-causing bacteria. He held 67 US and foreign patents." July 10th, 1920 to October 4th, 1995
Litter box [Wikipedia]
- Canadian Penny...gone
"Canada Wins the Race to Eliminate the Terrible Penny"byRebecca GreenfieldMarch 29th, 2012 The AtlanticCanada has bested America in at least one thing today, ridding itself of what The New Yorker called "horrid and useless" bits of currency, the penny....
- Carl William Blegen...homer, "iliad", Troy
Carl William Blegen January 27th, 1887 to August 24th, 1971 Carl William Blegen was an archaeologist who unearthed evidence that supported and dated the sack of Troy recorded in Homer's Iliad. Storage jars, skeletons and ash piles (which he...
- Grigori Perelman Has Turned Down Clay Mathematics Institute's Fields Medal
"A Math Problem Solver Declines a $1 Million Prize" by Dennis Overbye July 1st, 2010 The New York Times Grisha Perelman has finally spoken. The reclusive Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman, aka Grisha, gained worldwide fame by claiming to have...
- Mars Died Today...in 1999
Mars? Forrest Edward Mars, that is...the chocolate bar maker. American candy manufacturer who led Mars Inc., one of the world's largest confectionery companies. After helping to develop the Milky Way bar for his father's candy-making business,...
- Shoe Fitting X-ray Device...long Gone
See X-Ray Shoe Fitting Machine below. A shoe sales gimmick...but cool. These machines were common in just about every shoe store in the country in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Who knew of the potential dangers and they were plagued with technical...