“A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top” is a popular observation. “Champagne Trick: A raisin dropped in a glass of champagne will keep going up and down” was published in a 1956 newspaper.
9 July 1956, Pittsburgh (PA) Press, “Science Notes” by John Troan, pg. 18, col. 7:
Champagne Trick
A raisin dropped in a glass of champagne will keep going up and down.
16 January 1958, New Cambria (MO) Leader, pg. 4, col. 6:
A raisin dropped in a glass of champagne will continue to rise and fall in the glass.
6 July 1967, Shiner )TX) Gazette, “That’s a Fact.” pg. 4, col. 1:
THE RISE AND FALL OF A RAISIN!
A RAISIN DROPPED IN A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE WILL MOVE UPWARDS AND DOWNWARDS IN THE GLASS!
11 May 1979, Dallas (TX) Morning News, “Now You Know” (UPI), pg. 12B, col. 1:
A raisin, dropped in a glass of champagne, will rise and fall continuously in the glass.
26 December 1999, Austin (TX) American-Statesman, “Far-fetched, far-flung facts, Facts or fiction?” by Ernest Murray, pg. D3:
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will move up and down from th top to the bottom continuously.
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Google Books
Foodie 500!:
The Top 500 Most Useful, Fun, & Shocking Food Facts
By Michele Ehlers
Published by author
2014
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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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Strange But True! - Facts That Will Amaze You
By Jenny Shine
Lulu Publishing (Lulu.com)
2016
Pg. ?:
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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