Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5355497 | File directory structure generator and retrevial tool with document locator module mapping the directory structure of files to a real world hierarchical file structure A file directory structure and retrieval system for use in a computer that operates according to an operating system program and an application program. The memory of the computer stores files in a directory structure. A document locator module maps the d... | 10/11/1994 |
