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14. And they apparently didn't bother to explain who Isambard Kingdom Brunel was

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 02:45 PM

Jul 2012

Leaving some Americans scratching their heads.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (/ˈɪzəmbɑrd bruːˈnɛl/; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.

Though Brunel's projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems. During his short career, Brunel achieved many engineering "firsts", including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development of SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time (1843) also the largest ship ever built. ...

At the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Brunel was portrayed by Sir Kenneth Branagh in a segment showing the industrial revolution.

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