5 interesting facts about a children's spring toy
Remember everyone's favorite childhood toy spring-rainbow? Strictly speaking, its official name is slinky. Here are five interesting facts about this children's toy.
1. From 1945 to the present, 50 thousand tons of wire were used in the manufacture of slink, which would be enough to cover the globe 121 times in the region of the equator.
2. In 1960, Richard James left his drowning company, which was in deep debt, and moved to Bolivia. His wife Betty refused to go with him, and then he transferred the management of the company to her. Betty turned out to be a much better leader than her ex-husband. The company has expanded significantly under the leadership of the former wife of the inventor, so slinks have survived to this day.
3. Betty James died at the age of 90 in 2008, and her ex-husband Richard died just 14 years after moving to Bolivia in 1974.
4. In 1945, slinky was sold at the price of one dollar, today the standard American price for a cult toy is $ 1.99.
5. US forces in Vietnam used a slinky spring as an antenna for the radio, and NASA used the toy in some zero gravity experiments.
1. From 1945 to the present, 50 thousand tons of wire were used in the manufacture of slink, which would be enough to cover the globe 121 times in the region of the equator.
2. In 1960, Richard James left his drowning company, which was in deep debt, and moved to Bolivia. His wife Betty refused to go with him, and then he transferred the management of the company to her. Betty turned out to be a much better leader than her ex-husband. The company has expanded significantly under the leadership of the former wife of the inventor, so slinks have survived to this day.
3. Betty James died at the age of 90 in 2008, and her ex-husband Richard died just 14 years after moving to Bolivia in 1974.
4. In 1945, slinky was sold at the price of one dollar, today the standard American price for a cult toy is $ 1.99.
5. US forces in Vietnam used a slinky spring as an antenna for the radio, and NASA used the toy in some zero gravity experiments.
