TV’s Odd Facts
The first time that a Toilet was shown on American TV was in the first episode of Leave it To Beaver. Although the actual toilet wasn’t shown. It was just the tank in which Wally and the Beav hid a baby alligator.
Some people think that the first married couple to appear together in [...]
Man of 1,000 Voices – Mel Blanc
Many may not know the name Mel Blanc, but there are few who doesn’t know his voice. Some may remember him as the voice of Jack Benny’s car Maxwell on the old radio and TV show starring Jack Benny. Others from the 80’s TV series Buck Rodgers where he was the voice of [...]
The City of Fruitland, Maryland
When traveling Business Route 13 through Salisbury, Maryland, you may not even realize that you left Salisbury, shortly after passing Salisbury University, and entered the City of Fruitland. That is unless you noticed that sign welcoming you to Fruitland.
With a population of over 4,000 it is one of the larger of the incorporated areas [...]
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge has become a central element of the San Francisco landscape and it was opened for the first time of May 27, 1937. On that day it was opened for ‘Pedestrian Day’. Over 200,000 people paid 25 cents to walk the bridge. On the following day at noon President Franklin [...]
Mickey Mouse’s Firsts
Mickey Mouse spoke his first words, “Hot Dogs, Hot Dogs!” on May 23, 1929 in the Disney cartoon short, The Karnival Kid. It was in this film that he first spoke, but it was not the he appeared in that had sound.
The first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon was Steamboat Willie, released on November [...]
Highs and Lows
Temperatures
1) The highest recorded temperature in the world was on September 13, 1922 at El Azzizia, Libya. It was 136 Degrees Fahrenheit/58 Degrees Celsius. This is two/one degrees higher than the 134/57 reading on July 10, 1913 at Death Valley California. The highest temperature recorded at the South Pole is 7.5/-14 [...]
Are the Crystal Skulls for Real?
This weekend Indiana Jones will save the world with the help of the Crystal Skulls. If you are like me you may be wondering are there real Crystal Skulls? If they are, what does it mean?
There are Crystal Skulls. Most of those discovered have been made of quartz crystal. There is one [...]
About Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) left $7 million in his 1867 incorporation papers and 1873 will for the foundation of a university and Hospital. The equivalent is over $131 million in the year 2006 dollars.
The peculiar first name of Johns Hopkins came from the surname of his great-grandmother, Margaret Johns. She [...]
Olga Korbut – Darling of the 1972 Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics had some very memorable events. There was the sad, the deaths of the Israeli athletics and the enjoyable, the seven Gold Medals won by American swimmer, Mark Splitz. But the show stopper was the young Gymnastic from Belarus, part of the the Soviet Union, Olga Korbut.
Olga Korbut was born [...]
56 Straight Games
On May 15, 1941 the New York Yankees played the Chicago White Sox, losing to them 3-1. Joe DiMaggio was able to get a single in one of his four at bats that day. No one knew that it was a game that would begin a streak, one that may never be broke. [...]
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