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In 1938, Chester Carlson printed the very first photocopy on his strange invention . . . the Xerox Photocopier. IBM, RCA, and Kodak all had no interest in his new gadget because they didn’t think there was a use for a machine that “only” made copies. He started manufacturing the device himself and made an estimated $100 million. The name Xerox comes from “xerography” . . . meaning “dry writing”.
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On this day in 1966, The Beach Boys hit the charts with “Good Vibrations”. The single took six months to record and was the most expensive song ever produced up to that time . . . costing $50,000.
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On this day in 2012, Lance Armstrong was stripped of all seven of his Tour de France titles.
