Chapter 21
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Acme Thunderer
An actual whistle made by J. Hudson & Company, first produced in 1884 as a sports whistle.
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schnupf
German: snuff. e.g. snort.
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squadri
Italian: squad.
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about the time the Swiss Cheese Union took its fateful step of declaring fondue the national dish
The Swiss Cheese Union did in fact begin marketing fondue as the national dish of Switzerland in 1930, in a bid to increase cheese consumption. [1]
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Belinograph, all the way from Chicago
Édouard Belin invented the Bélinographe in 1913, a device which scanned an image with a photocell and transmitted the resulting information over a telephone line.
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may we introduce the Walther PPK
Famously, James Bond's weapon of choice, but originally produced by the German gun manufacturer Walther for police use.
