The first people to use rubber were the __, a civilization of Mexico whose name means "rubber people." | |
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| Retail price of Silly Putty in 1950 | $1 |
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| | Year Crayola acquired exclusive manufacturing rights to Silly Putty | 1977 |
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| Amount (in pounds) of latex one rubber tree produces per year | 19 |
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| | Atomic number of boron (boric acid is a form of boron) | 5 |
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| Daylight saving time was first instituted to ration energy during wartime. |
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On March 19, 1918, the Standard Time Act was signed into law, establishing the five time zones of the U.S. along with instituting daylight saving time, a method designed to conserve energy during World War I. But after the war, the energy-saving portion of the act was repealed and states were once again permitted to create their own standard time. Fast-forward to February 1942, only three months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Congress once again instigated a year-round daylight saving time, nicknamed "war time." The time zones were even renamed to "Eastern War Time," "Pacific War Time," etc. At the war's end in 1945, states once again regained the right to set their standard time, until 1966 when Congress passed the Uniform Time Act. Today, a new piece of legislation — called the Sunshine Protection Act — is advocating to make America's once-wartime measure the new standard time year-round. | |
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