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"Isn't this amazing!" she exclaimed, in a loud voice. "I'll bet
you $100 you don't know this! I'll bet you 95% of the modern
world doesn't know this!"
"What on earth are you talking about?" he asked, puzzled.
She paused, sat down, and began; he listened, his eyes wide open.
"The first 3 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world!" she said
(in a soft voice). She described them as follows:
1. The pyramids of Egypt. There were 3 pyramids: Khufu, Khafra &
Menkaura. The largest was built by Khufu (Cheops), a king of the
4th Dynasty. Height: 482 feet (now 450 feet). Base: 755 feet
long. It contains 2,300,000 blocks of stone; each weighs 2.5
tons. Built around 2800 B.C.
(2.5 tons * 2,300,000 blocks = very heavy)
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Built by Nebuchadnezzar (some
name). He built them in 600 B.C., supposedly to please his wife,
Amuhia. The gardens were laid out on top of a vaulted building,
and had provisions for raising water. The terraces rose from 75
to 300 feet.
3. Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia. This statue was the
work of Phidias (5th century B.C.) and was made of gold and ivory
(or so say the experts), but all trace of the opulent statue has
vanished.|"You may know the first 3 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world,"
she said, "but I bet you don't know the other 4."
"You're right," he said. "What are they?"
She described them:
4. Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus. This temple was begun
in 350 B.C. in honor of a non-Greek goddess who became identified
with the Greek goddess called Artemis. The temple had Ionic
columns which stretched 60 ft. in the air and was destroyed by
the Goths in A.D. 262.
5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Queen Artemisia had this
monument built in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria
in Asia Minor. He died in 353 B.C. Some of this ancient wonder
still exists in the British Museum. The modern word,
"Mausoleum," originated because of this ancient memorial.
6. Colossus at Rhodes. The sculptor Chares built this bronze
statue of Helios (about 105 ft. high) after 12 years of hard
work. It was finished in 280 B.C. and destroyed in an earthquake
in 224 B.C.
7. Pharos of Alexandria. This is the lighthouse of Alexandria
built by Sostratus of Cnidus in the 3rd century B.C. on the
island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. It was destroyed by
earthquake in the 13th century.|American Indians knew all about popcorn for hundreds of years;
some scientists have dated some popcorn remains found in New
Mexico and discovered it to be 5,600 years old! The Indians even
gave some to the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving.
The popcorn popping machine was invented in 1885 and the
attractive wagons sold popcorn on the street corners of many
towns and cities. Corn was cheap; the 1897 Sears Roebuck catalog
advertised a 25 pound bag of corn (still on the cob) for $1.00.
But popcorn didn't catch on in the United States until 1914, when
Cloid H. Smith founded the American Pop Corn Company (and called
his product Jolly Time popcorn). He thought popcorn could become
a viable home snack product and packaged it in 1-pound containers.
Cloid H. Smith had an instant hit on his hands! In the first
year he sold 75,000 pounds of popcorn and he moved into bigger
quarters. He had some trouble when his popcorn dried out in the
cardboard packages and wouldn't pop properly.
In 1925 the American Can Co. developed an airtight metal can that
kept the kernals fresh. Popcorn became extremely popular and
eventually (during the Depression), it was sold in movie
theaters. By 1947, 85% of the movie theaters sold popcorn.
By 1948 over 300,000 acres of farmland grew popcorn. With the
onset of television popcorn went into a slump. People
stopped going to the movies and stopped eating popcorn. That is
until the popcorn people realized they should promote popcorn to
accompany television!
This strategy worked--a 1951 survey showed that 63% of TV
watchers ate popcorn from 1-4 nights per week, and another 10%
ate popcorn as much as 6 to 7 nights per week.|@