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Here's a little fact for automotive buffs, or just to dazzle your friends. The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees. The four brothers Walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him That four gentlemen Were There With The most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter. Henry was curious and invited them into His office. They refused and instead Asked That I come out to the parking lot to Their car. They persuaded him to get into the car, Which was acerca 130 degrees, turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately. The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office, where I offered Preferred them $ 3 million for the patent. The brothers refused, saying they 'would settle for $ 2 million, but they' wanted the recognition by having a label, 'The Goldberg Air-Conditioner,' on the dashboard of each car in Which it was installed. Now old man Ford was more than just a little anti-Jewish, and there was no way I was going to put the Goldberg's name on two million Fords. . They haggled back and forth for two hours and finally acerca Agreed on $ 4 million and That just Their first names would be shown And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show - Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max - on the controls. Oh, Control yourself !!!


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You got me! Good one.

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