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In the early 1960s, chemical engineer Norman Stingley accidentally created a plastic that he couldn't stop from bouncing. Wham-O purchased the product, renaming it the SuperBall, and the world's best-selling bouncy ball was born. Made from the compound polymer zectron, which gives it that supreme elasticity, more than 20 million SuperBalls were sold in the 1960s. At the craze's height, Wham-O was producing 170,000 balls per day. They were so popular that McGeorge Bundy, National Security Adviser to then President Lyndon Johnson, bought them for his staff as stress relievers.

Doctors are still high earners, although few consider themselves “rich,” finds a recent survey by Medscape, a physician-focused information service from WebMD. Using a third-party online collection website, Medscape surveyed 24,216 physicians across 25 specialties from Feb. 1 to 17, 2012. Doctors’ earnings ranged from about $156,000 a year for pediatricians to about $315,000 for radiologists and orthopedic surgeons. The highest earners — orthopedic surgeons and radiologists — were the same as last year, followed by cardiologists who earned $314,000 and anesthesiologists who made $309,000.

Do you have a question about history? Send us your question at history@time .com and you might find your answer in a future edition of Now You Know. All sports have their own vocabularies, the shorthand lingo to communicate intricacies of rules and how play proceeds. But usually the scoring can at least be counted on to be fairly straightforward. Not so much for tennis. For the unfamiliar, tennis starts with both players at zero, called love: “Love-all.

The competition of a three-legged race could be brutal–and having your bunk short-sheeted humiliating–but most adults remember sleepaway camp as a relatively carefree experience, a respite from school and siblings and a departure from the pressures of normal life. Kids who went to private overnight camps spent weeks in bucolic settings, discovering activities they enjoyed and gamely participating in those they didn’t. There were bug bites and bad food, but the day’s biggest challenge often centered on rowing a canoe to the other side of the lake or roasting a marshmallow without burning it.

This story was originally published in September when Hit Man premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It’s now being updated as the movie hits Netflix on June 7. Hit Man, the latest movie from Richard Linklater, is many things: a funny rom-com with an edge, a star-making moment for actor Glen Powell, and a self-billed "somewhat" adaptation of a true story. Linklater and Powell, who co-wrote the movie, have taken the actual life of Gary Johnson, a professor who moonlighted as a fake hit man for law enforcement, and Hollywoodized it.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Elton John‘s signature sunglasses have been a part of his on-stage uniform for years, so it only makes sense that the legendary singer has his own eyewear collection, inspired by his own eccentric style and illustrious music career. And as he finishes off the last leg of his “Farewell Tour” throughout the summer, there’s no better time than to snag a pair of the most “Rocketman” styles.

April 14, 1851 — Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine had ten children – an expensive number that the author apparently resented, having said privately that he wanted to stop at four. Before he became famous and rich Dickens certainly found that supporting ten children was a challenge to his income. Astonishingly, he blamed his wife – who herself had come from a large family – for the predicament.

Waterside is a live and digital theatre project that promises to be a breath of fresh air written and directed by Joshua Alabi, produced by Angela Peters and starring Moshood Fattah from the Far From Home television series and Stanley Okeke. Event details ADVERTISEMENT Tickets Regular: ₦10,000 VIP: ₦20,000 Premium: ₦30,000 Amidst the series of December events, Waterside stands out as a unique and unprecedented experience.

The tech industry has a new trend: adopting “transparency labels” modeled after the iconic Nutrition Facts panel found on food packaging. In 2020, Apple introduced “Privacy Labels” aimed at disclosing how apps handle user data. And that was just the beginning. Starting on April 10, the FCC is requiring internet service providers to feature “Broadband Facts” labels detailing pricing, speeds, and data caps. Meanwhile, some policymakers and industry analysts have called for an “AI Nutrition Facts” label to clarify how artificial intelligence systems create content.