Wednesday, November 21, 2012

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today



On this day in 1877 Thomas Edison announced the invention of the worlds first device that could record and replay sound; the phonograph.
And now the news:

  • Urban grasshoppers change their tune for females
  • Thriving beaver population 'threatens' Dutch flood...
  • Feds to Seek International Trade Protection for U....
  • Greater bamboo lemur removed from most endangered ...
  • Hope for Tunisia's oryx and addax
  • Skunk Scares Off Cougar in Camera Trap Photo
  • Robotic fish can make real fish like them simply b...
  • Dorset's Upton Heath restored for rare reptiles an...

  • One of the first people to see the potential of the phonograph was P.T. Barnum, who recorded his voice so that future generations would be able to hear how he sounded, here is one of his recordings:

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