TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

When, where, and on what product was the first barcode ever used? 

1. July 4, 1976, in a drugstore in New York City, on bottles of aspirins.
2. Nov 4, 1968, by a Virginia medical parts distributor, on a case of thermometers.
3. June 26, 1974, on a pack of gum sold in an Ohio grocery store.
4. May 17, 1977, on milk cartons delivered to a grocery store in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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And the correct answer is:

3. June 26, 1974, on a pack of gum sold in an Ohio grocery store.

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