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Tarmacadam

Did you know that “tarmac” is short for “tarmacadam” which refers to a tar road-building process invented by John Loudon McAdam?

I was listening to the Penn Jillette radio show on podcast tonight and he was talking about the whole Jet Blue thing and he got off on the subject of tarmacadam. Learn something new every day.

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Feb 21 2007 / 10:02 pm
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