[Editors] typo - surprising development in the last 100 years

Catherine Avril cavril at MIT.EDU
Mon Nov 8 10:19:52 EST 2004


Editors,

Glancing through the newsletter of a local hospital, I was caught up 
short by a filler piece.  It was titled "Did You Know . . ." and went 
on with "What a difference a century makes! Going back 100 years to 
1904, here are some interesting facts:"  From there, it listed things 
like only 14% of homes in the US had a bathtub, only 8% had 
telephones, and so on.  But the bullet that really caught my eye was:

"Crossword puzzles, canned bear, and iced tea hadn't been invented"!

-- Catherine


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