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Useless Information Podcast

UI #7 - The 14-Year-Old Inventor of Television

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2008

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

What were you doing when you were 14 years old? At that very young age, Philo Farnsworth invented something that would change the world forever. There is a very good chance that you are using his invention right now, yet he is largely forgotten today. Also learn why most laundry detergents are blue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

0:05.0

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.

0:09.0

Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better like sneaking some chili into the gravy

0:15.3

for some extra oint or building a playlist that will even get your none up on the table

0:21.1

or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max. the new Samsung Galaxy

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0:27.0

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0:38.0

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0:42.0

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0:44.7

devices.

0:45.7

The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together.

0:49.5

Available on Sky Mobile.

0:51.3

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0:54.0

into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook. useless information.

1:03.0

Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the

1:09.1

Useless Information Podcast.

1:10.8

You've probably never heard of Fido Farnsworth, but when he was 14 years old, he invented

1:15.9

electronic television. I mean, what were you doing at the age of 14? I certainly wasn't doing that.

1:26.0

Anyway, it's still a number of years before he perfected the idea, but his ingenious method was the basis of all television broadcasts

1:30.0

until the introduction of digital television in the 1990s.

1:35.0

This recording was first released on February 5th of 2008,

1:39.0

and I've left it unedited, that's Warts and all.

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