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cattywampus
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Let's pause a moment and consider the Answer to a Secretary's Dream - Liquid paper.

It was invented by a secretary who used a brush and white paint to correct her mistakes. She called her invention "Mistake Out." In 1979 she sold it to the Gillette Co. for how much?

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Bette Nesmith Graham sold it for $47.5 million (PLUS royalties on every bottle sold until the year 2000).
 
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Well, that's the first right answer. Are there any others?

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And did you know her son, Michael Nesmith, is famous in his own right???He was one of the Monkees. Smile
 
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Wow, that's fascinating. What interesting things come out of these pages!

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Wow, Jelp; I never made the connection! I must be catching my friend, Al Z. Heimer's disease!

Great trivia!
 
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