NFL kickers

Polish immigrant Pete Gogolak is regarded as the first soccer-style kicker in U.S. football. He joined the Buffalo Bills in 1964 and revolutionized football's kicking game. By the 1970s, the majority of kickers in the NFL were sidewinders. Mark Moseley was the NFL's last straight-ahead kicker.
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The first oil well was struck in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. The discovery of oil in the middle of quiet farm country in northwestern Pennsylvania was known as the Drake Well, after "Colonel" Edwin Drake, the man responsible for the well. The oil discovery set off a worldwide search for petroleum.
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According to WebsiteOptimzation.com, China officially passed the U.S. in total broadband lines during the third quarter of 2006, and now has the largest subscriber base in the world. The U.S. and China are followed by Japan, South Korea, Germany, and France in total broadband lines per country.
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Wal-Mart

Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962. Walton began his career in retailing working for JC Penney in the 1940s after graduating from the University of Missouri. During these years Walton developed his sales volume business model which would be the foundation of success for Wal-Mart over the next several decades. Sam Walton retired as Wal-Mart CEO in February 1988.
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Leonardo da Vinci

The famous painting "Baptism of Christ" was commissioned by the San Salvi monks of Florence. The painting was completed during the early 1470s by artist Andrea del Verrocchio with help from his twenty three year-old assistant named Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo's work on this painting is the first documented work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist.
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"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine." -- Sir William Osler.
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The first integrated circuit

Texas Instruments researcher Jack Kilby developed the first integrated circuit in the summer of 1958. Working alone in the TI lab, Kilby refined his idea to make chip components out of the same block of semiconductor material. In September 1958, he demonstrated the world's first integrated circuit, which worked perfectly in all tests.
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