Top 5 Hottest Google Searches: Frankie Avalon, iPod Nano and More
What's the buzz? Frankie Avalon, Maundy Thursday and the Kyoto Box.
April 9, 2009 — -- Here's what people are searching for on Google so far today.
Frankie Avalon:
Last night on "Idol," as Randy Jackson was grousing that the contestants were reaching back to 1959 for material -- out came Frankie, singing "Venus," his No. 1 hit back then. He still sings, and people agreed he still looks great.
Apple 8GB 4th Generation iPod Nano:
Maundy Thursday:
Dan Miller:
He left Nashville briefly, anchoring at a Los Angeles station and then appearing as Pat Sajak's sidekick on a late-night talk show on CBS in the early 1990s. But Nashville was his adopted home, and he came back in 1994.
He was in his hometown of Augusta, Ga., for the Masters Golf Tournament when he had a heart attack Wednesday night, reportedly while showing friends around his old neighborhood. He was 67 when he died.
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Kyoto Box:
The Kyoto Box is an inexpensive cardboard cooker for use by the poorest people in rural Africa, using nothing but the heat of the sun. It focuses the heat with foil and black paint, and traps it with a clear acrylic cover. No cooking fuel, no smoke, and no contribution to greenhouse warming.
No, the Kyoto Box was not invented in Japan. It's just named after the Kyoto agreement to combat climate change. The developer is from Norway. His name is Jon Bohmer, and his startup firm won a $75,000 prize for the idea.