Eponyms of the week: Milwaukeeans William S. Harley, Arthur Davidson, and Arthur's brother Walter. In 1902, 21-year-old Harley made his first blueprint of an engine designed to fit in a bicycle. W.S. and Arthur offered their first motorcycle for sale in 1903, and were later joined in the business by Walter, who set a fuel-economy record of 188.234 miles per gallon in 1908.
Weird Wide Web: Visit kukuklok.com for your own "Swiss made" digital cyber-alarm clock, which you can set to wake you up with one of four sounds: rooster, "classic clock," electronic beeps or hard-rock guitar. Once you set your wakeup time, the page claims the alarm will work even if your Internet connection goes down.
Sorry, we didn't try this part ourselves.
The only site in the United States that has twice hosted a Winter Olympics is in:
A) California
B) Utah
C) New York
D) Idaho
Previous answer: Located about 300 miles west of the International Date Line, Auckland, New Zealand, is the first major world city to greet the New Year every January 1st.
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