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Balloonfest '86 was a fundraising event in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, held on September 27, 1986, in which the local chapter of United Way set a world record by releasing almost 1.5 million balloons.[2] The event was intended to be a harmless publicity stunt. However, the released balloons drifted back over the city and Lake Erie and landed in the surrounding area, causing problems for traffic and a nearby airport. In consequence, the organizers faced lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages,[1] and cost overruns put the event at a net loss.[3]
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Morris Berg (May 3, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, though he was never more than an average player and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball."[1] Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball."[2]
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/humboldt|title=Humboldt|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=11 July 2019}} also {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|h|ʊ|m|b|oʊ|l|t}},{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Humboldt|access-date=11 July 2019}} {{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|h|ʌ|m|b|ɒ|l|t}};{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Humboldt,+Alexander+von |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512144325/https://www.lexico.com/definition/humboldt,_alexander_von |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-05-12 |title=Humboldt, Alexander von |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}} {{IPA|de|ˌalɛˈksandɐ fɔn ˈhʊmbɔlt|lang}}"}},"i":0}}]}">[a] (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.[5] He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835).[6][7][8] Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.[9][10] Humboldt and Carl Ritter are both regarded as the founders of modern geography as they established it as an independent scientific discipline.[11][12]
Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos.[2] Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.[3][4] In 2015, Forbes had named Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in the United States on the basis of a $9-billion valuation of her company.[5] In the following year, as accusations of fraud about Theranos's claims began to surface, Forbes revised its estimate of Holmes's net worth to zero,[6] and Fortune named her in its feature article on "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders".[7]
Comic book advertisements are a common feature in American comic books mainly from the 1940s onwards. As these advertisements were directed at young people, many made sensational claims,[1] and sold the products for a few dollars or less, to be sent to a post office box. Products offered included novelty items, toys, and self-improvement courses such as drawing and body building.