Course now available at Beattie Park - Lompoc Record
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Course now available at Beattie Park Lompoc Record When Wham-O started marketing its discs, people across America immediately started marking targets and challenging themselves to hit them in the fewest number of throws. Usually these targets would be trees, poles or trash cans, which meant courses ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 03:55:17 AM
Jan. 23: First 'Frisbee' Toys 1957 - ABC News (blog)
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 ABC News (blog) | Jan. 23: First 'Frisbee' Toys 1957 ABC News (blog) In 1957, toy company Wham-O produced the first plastic “Frisbees” — marketed at the time as “Pluto Platters.” Wham-O toy company began making "Pluto Platters" in 1957. A year later the discs were renamed "Frisbees". (Howard Berman / Getty Images) The ... Five Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 23 |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 03:55:17 AM
Super Bowl name: Unintentional but it stuck - StandardNet
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 StandardNet | Super Bowl name: Unintentional but it stuck StandardNet They were Super Balls, made by Wham-O, the manufacturer of the Frisbee, Hula-Hoop and such. “They were highly compressed rubber balls, which, when bounced on concrete, would literally bounce over a house,” Hunt said. “My son and daughter loved them and ... Google Psyche: 'Why is the Super Bowl Called the Super Bowl?' Super Bowl Owes Its Name to a Bouncy Ball |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 03:55:17 AM
World-saving technology may be hidden in your laundry - Athens NEWS
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 Athens NEWS | World-saving technology may be hidden in your laundry Athens NEWS So the observed phenomenon is most likely an accidental by-product, the way things designed to do something else led to the microwave oven, the Wham-O Super Ball, and, probably, cotton candy. (Though cotton candy was invented by a dentist, ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 03:55:17 AM
Hula hooping, the latest trend in exercise - NewsChannel 9 WSYR
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Hula hooping, the latest trend in exercise NewsChannel 9 WSYR Women young and old are getting in shape with the toy Wham-O made famous back in the 1950s. When's the last time you looked around an exercise class and everyone was was smiling? The initial appeal of hula hooping is that it's fun. |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 03:55:17 AM
Comeback kids pull one out, Kings turn back Blazers 95-92 - The Sacramento Press
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 The Sacramento Press | Comeback kids pull one out, Kings turn back Blazers 95-92 The Sacramento Press Add that to a healthy Marcus Thornton returning to the lineup and, wham-o!, a team with real possibilities has emerged. After being down at the half by nine and being throttled by LaMarcus Aldridge the entire time (19 points on 9-of-11 shooting with ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 03:55:17 AM
'Super Bowl' – Why Do We Call It That? Why Roman Numerals? - Midwest Sports Fans
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 Midwest Sports Fans | 'Super Bowl' – Why Do We Call It That? Why Roman Numerals? Midwest Sports Fans The Super Bowl is one of America's most prominent and valuable brands, and it owes its name to a children's toy manufactured by Wham-O, the company responsible for popularizing the Hula Hoop and Frisbee. The games we know now as Super Bowls I and II ... |
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 03:55:17 AM
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