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Did You Know? - A Century of Progress International Exposition was the name of a World's Fair held in Chicago from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation. The fair's motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms"; its architectural symbol was the Sky Ride, a transporter bridge perpendicular to the shore on which one could ride from one side of the fair to the other.

Originally, the fair was scheduled only to run until November 12, 1933, but it was so successful that it was opened again to run from May 26 to October 31, 1934.[20] The fair was financed through the sale of memberships, which allowed purchases of a certain number of admissions once the park was open.

More than $800,000 was raised in this manner as the country came out of the Great Depression. A $10 million bond was issued on October 28, 1929, the day before the stock market crashed.

By the time the fair closed in 1933, half of these notes had been retired, with the entire debt paid by the time the fair closed in 1934. For the first time in American history, an international fair had paid for itself. In its two years, it had attracted 48,769,227 visitors.

Did You Know What Was Happening In 1934?

Apr 1st - Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers

Apr 6th - 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany

Apr 7th - In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience

Apr 12th - Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph

Apr 13th - US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act

Apr 17th - New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5

Apr 18th - 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth, Tx)

Apr 18th - Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament

Apr 19th - Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer"

Apr 20th - Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police

Apr 28th - FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act

Apr 28th - Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays

Apr 29th - Pitts is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday

Apr 30th - Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution

Did You Know? - A hybrid integrated circuit, HIC, hybrid microcircuit, or simply hybrid is a miniaturized electronic circuit constructed of individual devices, such as semiconductor devices (e.g. transistors and diodes) and passive components (e.g. resistors, inductors, transformers, and capacitors), bonded to a substrate or printed circuit board (PCB).

Did You Know? - A wine aerator is a small, in-bottle, hand-held pour-through or decanter top device for aerating wine. These devices mix air into the wine as it flows through or over, increasing exposure to oxygen and causing aeration. They offer an alternative to swirling, traditional decanting, and to aldouze (i.e. to wait for wine to breathe). This category emerged in the United States in or before 2007. This timing can be partially linked[citation needed] to the decline of the US economy which resulted in wineries releasing wine early to compensate for sales dips.

There are a number of styles of wine aerators and approaches to accomplish aeration. While injection-style hand-held acrylic aerators are currently most common, in-bottle and decanter top aerators are also available. Sieve-style decanter top funnels have long been used for aeration and catching sediment. Aerators are made from food safe-plastic or glass, and decanter top aerators are commonly stainless steel.

Injection-style aerators work by the Venturi effect, an application of Bernoulli's principle: they feature a wide tube that narrows. This effect is widely used in engineering applications, for example to mix air and fuel in carburetors. This method has been noted by wine experts[citation needed] to be too harsh for thinner skinned verietals such as Pinot noir or Gamay.