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The power of Switzerland’s Rhine Falls, the largest waterfall in Europe, was harnessed by J.G. Neher and Sons to create aluminum foil, which replaced tin foil in 1910. It was exported to the U.S. to be used as wrapping for Lifesavers and chewing gum. No fish can swim up the Rhine Falls. There are, however, eels, who can slither up the rocks. In 1927, a popular science fiction novel introduced the metal foil cap as a tactic to fend off mind control. Scientific grounding for this method can be found in the Faraday Cage, invented in 1836, which can protect its interior from electrical charges from without. It can be used to block radio signals and protect equipment during lightning storms. One of the more popular aluminum foil brands is Reynolds Wrap, founded in Louisville in 1919 as the U.S Foil Company by the nephew of a tobacco king to whom he sold foil wrap for cigarettes. They also wrapped Eskimo Pies. Reynolds Metal Companies participated in scientific development, leading them to produce of the first aluminum submarine, Aluminaut, based in Miami. It is best known for helping recover a lost unarmed U.S. atomic bomb in 1966. Hydropower projects at Rhine Falls have been halted since 1944, after 150,000 Swiss citizens signed a petition.
