A Few Real Facts

Real Fact #144: Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.

I can hear it now “Hey Bill, before we land on Mars, I need to drop my absentee ballot off at the voting booth on the moon.” :)

Real Fact #180: The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.

I’d actually like to find a picture of the first VCR. Anyone up to help me locate one?

Real Fact #167: You have to play ping-pong for 12 hours to lose one pound.

12 hours?! That’s a lot of ping-pong. I don’t even think Forest Gump played that much ping-pong.

Needless to say, I won’t be adding ping-pong to my hacking the body project to help me lose weight.

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4 Comments

  1. Luke Says:

    You mean this thing?

  2. Sean Says:

    Nice find Luke.

    That’s the Ampex VRX-1000, the first VCR.

    So did you just do a Google search or did you actually have that link in your bookmarks?

  3. Luke Says:

    I did a Wikipedia search for “video cassette recorder,” scanned the page, and then checked out the source link for the Ampex info.

    Ah, if only I was putting even this very basic amount of effort into my school work…

  4. Sean Says:

    Wikipedia saves the day.

    Indeed, you should put at least this basic amount of effort into your school work.

    Stop playing Zelda and to your home work :)

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