Let's have some fun
- Thread starter Coco
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ok i give, making my brain fry
Well, the first item to be sold after being scanned by UPC barcode was a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum. The sale happened on June 26, 1974 at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, OH. It's on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. I'm pretty sure that the pack of gum wasn't the first item to actually have a barcode affixed to it, tho, as barcodes were being used on railroad cars since the mid-1960's as a result of a patent given to a couple of researchers at Sylvania. More than likely they used the barcode on more than a few items while doing their research, too.
As for the bees and the flowers, I have no idea.
And I think the longest definition in the dictionary is for the word "set".
As for the bees and the flowers, I have no idea.
And I think the longest definition in the dictionary is for the word "set".
Hey, that's a good one. Bees have had barcodes for aeons.
A better question might be, who invented the barcode, bees or zebras?
Didja know that lions see in black and white, not color? The stripes on a zebra look to the lion the same as the stalks of the tall grasses on the plains.
A better question might be, who invented the barcode, bees or zebras?
Didja know that lions see in black and white, not color? The stripes on a zebra look to the lion the same as the stalks of the tall grasses on the plains.
In the interests of clear thinking and intelligent discussion, can someone share with readers here just what set is? Set is often said to be something we are not supposed to read because it hurts ourselves and other readers if we do. Fair enough, but what EXACTLY is it that we are not supposed to read?
Coco
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Wrigleys gum is correct. The question should have included the word "retail". That would have deleted the prior uses for barcodes. They were first used in 1956.
A bee has to tap 2000 flowers to produce a pound of honey.
My reference shows the word "if" as the word with the longest definition.
A bee has to tap 2000 flowers to produce a pound of honey.
My reference shows the word "if" as the word with the longest definition.
Not even in the ballpark. "set" is one of those long-time well known trivia questions.
"if"
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"set"
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Pretty kewl about the bees, tho. That's a lot of flowers.
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ebsprintin
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So how many flowers can a bee tap in a lifetime?
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ebsprintin
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Now that you mention it, Greg, I do remember seeing a barcoded ****roach.
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