Crayola 120
crayola 120
Is Change Changing Too Fast?
The U.S. Department of Transportation has made another change in its effort to ban cellphone use while driving. As of January 26, 2010 drivers of interstate buses and trucks over 10,000 pounds who text while driving may be subject to civil or criminal penalties up to $2,750. Distracted driving is a major concern of DOT. Drivers who text are more than 20 times likelier to have an accident. Eighty percent of crashes involve distracted driving. In 2008 nearly 6,000 people died in crashes involving distracted driving. Obviously, texting while driving drives up the number of vehicular deaths.
Burger King is changing its menu to include - beer. As of mid-February 2010, the Whopper Bar South Beach in Miami will be the fast-food chain's first U.S. restaurant to sell alcohol. What beer will be sold? The "King of Beers", of course - Anheurser-Busch - as well as MillerCoors. A Whopper with fries and a beer will cost $7.99. This popular chain was incorporated in 1954 and has grown from 5 restaurants in Florida to over 11,400 worldwide. McDonald's is still the world's largest fast-food chain, but selling beer might help Burger King get "a head".
Hookset, New Hampshire is changing snow plowing. Typically snow plows have an 11-foot blade on the front and a 10-foot wing blade on the right. Because the wing's end is behind the driver, both blades can't be seen simultaneously. However, a laser on top of the plow beams a line 6 inches to the right of the wing, ending in a 2-inch circle on the ground 30 feet in front of the plow. If the beam misses things like mailboxes, the wing will too. Because the $2,500 beam isn't visible in daylight, plows are "on the beam" at night.
However, Crayola crayons may be changing too much. When first produced by Binney & Smith in 1903, there were 8 colors. There were 16 colors in 1935, 48 in 1949 and 64 in 1958. Eight fluorescent colors were added in 1972 making 72 colors. In 1990 there were 80, in 1993 there were 96 and in 1998 there were 120. If 13 colors hadn't been discontinued - including Green Blue, Lemon Yellow, Maize and Raw Umber - there would be 133 colors instead of 120. The number of colors has increased 2.56% a year. Is that too much? There's definitely enough Crayolas to draw a colorful conclusion.
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Which two crayons in the Crayola 120 box set are the same color yet named different?
There's actually 2 pairs: Laser Lemon & Unmellow Yellow and Hot Magenta & Purple Pizzazz. There's some others that are very similar, but these have the exact same hex and RGB values.
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