We find examples of oxidation-reduction or redox reactions almost every time we analyze the reactions used as sources of either heat or work. When natural gas burns, for example, an oxidation-reduction reaction occurs that releases more than 800 kJ/mol of energy.
The Highwaymen were a 1960s collegiate folk group. They originated at Wesleyan University and had a Billboard #1 hit in 1961 with Michael, a version of the African-American work song Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, and another Top 20 hit in 1962 with Cotton Fields. Michael sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record.
Rescue from Gilligan's Island is a 1978 two-part made-for-television film that continues the adventures of the shipwrecked castaways from the 1964-67 TV series Gilligan's Island starring Bob Denver and Alan Hale, Jr.The film first aired on NBC as a two-part special on October 14 and October 21, 1978.he story picks up 15 years after the original shipwreck. Gilligan has a nightmare about the island melting. The film then notes that far away from Gilligan's Island in an unidentified country (one may assume the U.S.S.R.), a military unit is monitoring a satellite that is experiencing technical problems.