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Thursday, July 18, 2002

Top Ten Interesting Facts About Air Conditioning
  
Often abbreviated as A.C.
Invented by the same person who invented hair conditioner
When proposing, half of men give an air conditioner instead of a diamond ring
Ancient Egyptians employed a form of primitive air conditioning called "wind"
Dick Cheney conducts many financial misdeeds in air conditioned rooms
Without it, Miami would be a ghost town
The European Union won't accept Poland as a member until after all their air conditioners are Energy Star compliant
Concept of variable settings introduced by Ed Low and Jim High
That familiar hum? The compressor releasing deadly hydrogen sulfide
20% of all air conditioning in the United States is used in the Ed Sullivan Theater
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Intel CEO Andrew Grove predicts that by 2010 air conditioners will be the size of a pack of smokes

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Despite being one of the world's great composers, Ludwig Von Beethoven never owned air conditioning

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