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1、TheSwissSpaghettiHarvestTherespectedBBCnewsshowPanoramaannouncedthatthankstoaverymildwinterandthevirtualeliminationofthedreadedspaghettiweevil,Swissfarmerswereenjoyingabumperspaghetticrop.ItaccompaniedthisannouncementwithfootageofSwisspeasantspullingstrandsofs
2、paghettidownfromtrees.Hugenumbersofviewersweretakenin.ManycalledtheBBCwantingtoknowhowtheycouldgrowtheirownspaghettitree.TothistheBBCdiplomaticallyreplied,"placeasprigofspaghettiinatinoftomatosauceandhopeforthebest."SidFinchSportsIllustratedpublishedastoryabou
3、tanewrookiepitcherwhoplannedtoplayfortheMets.HisnamewasSiddFinch,andhecouldreportedlythrowabaseballat168mphwithpinpointaccuracy.Thiswas65mphfasterthanthepreviousrecord.Surprisingly,SiddFinchhadneverevenplayedthegamebefore.Instead,hehadmasteredthe"artofthepitch
4、"inaTibetanmonasteryundertheguidanceofthe"greatpoet-saintLamaMalarias."Metsfanscelebratedtheirteams'amazingluckathavingfoundsuchagiftedplayer,andSportsIllustratedwasfloodedwithrequestsformoreinformation.Inrealitythislegendaryplayeronlyexistedintheimaginationof
5、theauthorofthearticle,GeorgePlimpton。InstantColorTVIn1962therewasonlyoneTVchannelinSweden,anditbroadcastinblackandwhite.Thestation'stechnicalexpert,KnellStemson,appearedonthenewstoannouncethat,thankstoanewtechnology,viewerscouldconverttheirexistingsetstodispla
6、ycolorreception.AlltheyhadtodowaspullanylonstockingovertheirTVscreen.Stemsonproceededtodemonstratetheprocess.Thousandsofpeopleweretakenin.RegularcolorbroadcastsonlycommencedinSwedenonApril1,1970.TheTacoLibertyBellTheTacoBellCorporationannouncedithadboughttheLi
7、bertyBellandwasrenamingittheTacoLibertyBell.HundredsofoutragedcitizenscalledtheNationalHistoricParkinPhiladelphiawherethebellwashousedtoexpresstheiranger.TheirnerveswereonlycalmedwhenTacoBellrevealed,afewhourslater,thatitwasallapracticaljoke.Thebestlineoftheda
8、ycamewhenWhiteHousepresssecretaryMikeMcCurrywasaskedaboutthesale.Thinkingonhisfeet,herespondedthattheLincolnMemorialhadalsobeensold.Itwouldnowbeknown,hesaid,astheFordLincolnMercury
