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3 unusual facts about flashlight


Becky Jago

While she was a Newsround presenter, she appeared on a celebrity version of The Weakest Link but was the first to be eliminated after incorrectly answering the 50/50 question, "What is the safest way to read a firework instruction manual - A torch or a match?"

Bridget Elizabeth Talbot

She invented a watertight electric torch for lifebelts and was instrumental in getting these made compulsory by Parliament for all MN, RAF and RN personnel, and so saved hundreds of lives during the Second World War.

Just5

# Flashlight activated via a slider on a side of the phone case;


Battery Way

In an Episode of Strangebrew, Tado and Erning are looking for some battery for Tado's Flashlight when a ghost appeared to them and told them to go to Corregidor where there are many batteries (actually the Battery Way).

Cubelets

Currently, there are 16 types of Cubelets available: Distance Sensor, Light Sensor, Potentiometer/Knob, Temperature Sensor, Drive Motor, Rotate Motor, Speaker, LED Flashlight, LED Bargraph, Passive, Blocker, Inverse, Maximum, Minimum, Battery and Bluetooth.

High Standard Model 10

The "Kel-Lite" branded flashlight can be removed, as it is attached to the aforementioned mounting block.

Leon Douglass

In 1932, at the invitation of the Smithsonian Institution, Douglass participated in a scientific expedition off Easter Island, where he filmed at depths up to 1,500 feet using his submarine cameras and also an underwater “flashlight” that he also patented.

New York City Police Department Highway Patrol

The officers in this unit equipped with handcuffs, a straight baton, whistle, flashlight, reflective traffic vest, and a police radio that is directly linked to the Central Dispatcher, other Auxiliary Police officers, and Highway Patrolman.

New York State Bridge Authority

The officers are unarmed, but are equipped with a baton, can of pepper spray, handcuffs, whistle, flashlight, reflective traffic vest, bullet resistant vest, and a radio that is directly linked to the Central Dispatcher and other officers.

Nokia 1100

Known in Jamaica for it's cheapness, durability and the flashlight; it is commonly referred to as a Flashberry - a play on the words flashlight and the Blackberry.

Peter Poles

in 2007, he attempted to imitate Alenka Gotar, then a Slovenian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest by projecting a large flashlight to his face (Alenka had a special flash device on her palm while performing her song, projecting light on her face);


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