Determine the value of the number ABCDE
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Determine the value of the number ABCDE

Determine the value of the number ABCDE
Correct answers: 57
The first user who solved this task is Sanja Šabović.
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The # 1 April Fools Prank of All Time - The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

April 1, 1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop.

It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in.

Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, 'place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.'

Even the director-general of the BBC later admitted that after seeing the show he checked in an encyclopedia to find out if that was how spaghetti actually grew (but the encyclopedia had no information on the topic).

The broadcast remains, by far, the most popular and widely acclaimed April Fool's Day hoax ever, making it an easy pick for number one. #1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

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Hydrocephalus shunt

In 1956, a successful new silicone valve to drain "water on the brain" in cases of hydrocephalus, was reported by Dr. Eugene B. Spitz at the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting in New York City. John Holter, an engineer, invented the shunt using a silicone one-way, pressure-sealing valve which avoided the clogging problems experienced with the earlier metal valves previously tried by surgeons Spitz and Nulsen. The shunt drained fluid and controlled cranial pressure. In the 8 months since the first installation in Feb 1956, the Holter valve was implanted in 68 cases of which 57 were successful in decompressing the brain. Previous means had a success rate of only 16 out of 122 cases. The device has since saved many thousands of lives.«
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