'Today I Learned' Facts

[left-of-center2012]

‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

1. A bridge in Ireland that was designed to swing open for ships couldn't be opened for four years because someone lost the remote control.

2. The inventor of shopping carts, Sylvan Goldman, had to hire "decoy shoppers" to wheel the carts around stores and demonstrate their convenience, due to not catching on initially..

3. Project 100k, where LBJ and Sec of Def Robert MacNamara decided to lower the mental and medical standards to recruit more soldiers to fight in Vietnam. These soldiers died at 3x the normal rate.

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[Fla Dem]

1. Interesting, very interesting.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

2. About number 2...

Before I was born, my mother was a sales clerk at the first department store in DC to install escalators. They found that customers were intimidated by the things. They eventually took my mother out of children's clothing and assigned her to ride up and down the escalators all day to demonstrate how to go about it.