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Originally Posted by Newton
Hello, I am new here.
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Good, let's begin with a point we can agree on.
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There have been claims that...early GE color sets had tended to explode (implode) magnetic wise. That is, ...suddenly...an intense magnetic field...was generated inside the TV set in a split second that caused any near by steel items (including nails in the walls) to be pulled to the GE TV set with great force. ... Claims indicate that only GE color TVs (or TVs made by GE sold under other names) of the early 1960s were involved, no other brands of color TVs were known to have this problem.
According to the claims, the GE design engineers were at a loss about the whole thing and were unable to come up with an reason why or how this would happen.
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Where and when did you first hear these "claims"? Did you hear of this phenomenon on multiple occasions or from just one person who told you it had happened multiple times? The amount of detail you recall about the "Chicago incident" suggests you read about or were told about it at the time it happened...which begs the question why, if you know with any certainty that this tragic incident is a matter of fact, you would still lead with the phrase "There have been
claims..."
WHOSE claims? Is there any point in asking you to cite a single source for any of this?
Practical jokes are supposed to be funny. This falls more into the realm of (frequently pointless) performance art.