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LG Rolls Out Roll Up TV



LG Electronics literally rolled out what SVP of marketing David Vanderwaal called the “ultimate future TV”; it’s a TV that rolls out of the sound bar box below.

To oohs and aahs from the crowd, the company unveiled its LG Signature OLED TV R, which “magically rolls up,” senior director of product marketing Tim Alessi added during a Jan. 7 press conference at the CES show in Las Vegas.

The TV “brings freedom of design to a space,” Vanderwaal noted. The TV can roll up only partway in the box, which includes a Dolby Atmos soundbar, to become a control console to check the weather and perform other functions.

In what is called the “zero view,” the TV is hidden completely and can be used to play music.

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Tourists visit illuminated ice sculptures at Ice and Snow World park on January 5, 2019, in Harbin, China.

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Barrett-Jackson will offer this full-size carousel designed and built for German Christmas markets at its upcoming sale in Scottsdale, Arizona. Barrett-Jackson called the carousel — which is 32 feet across and 16 feet tall — “one of the finest examples in the world.”

https://journal.classiccars.com/2019...ottsdale-sale/

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George Washington Wasn’t the First President to Live In the White House. Nope, it wasn’t the first president of the United States who lived in the White House, but John Adams and his wife Abigail. While Washington did oversee the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It began being built in 1792 and wasn’t inhabited until 1800.

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There’s More than One Copy of the Original Declaration of Independence. After the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the word obviously needed to be spread. The reproduction of this text was overseen by “the Committee of Five”: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. While hundreds of copies were made, only 26 survive today. Most can be found in museums and libraries. However, three are privately owned.

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Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence from England, eight of whom were actually…British. Sure, the majority of the signers were native-born Americans, but eight heralded from across the Atlantic. Two were from England, one from Wales, two from Scotland, two from Ireland, and one from Northern Ireland.

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The Average American Throws Away 4.4 Pounds Of Trash Daily. It sounds crazy, but this is true, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest 2012 figures. When you take into account America’s population, that means that around 1.4 billion pounds of trash gets thrown out in the United States every. Single. Day.

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In Some States, There Are More Cows Than People. Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming have less humans than they do cattle. In these states combined, there are 32,489,391 cows. That’s more than one-third of America’s total cow population.

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The Tallest President Was Abraham Lincoln. The 16th president was a tall six-feet-four-inches, or 193 centimeters. Our smallest president to hold office was James Madison. The fourth president, whose term was served from 1809 to 1817, stood five feet and four inches tall, or 163 centimeters. He also weighed less than 100 pounds.