Archive for February 2nd, 2010
Jack Nicholson’s Supposed Sister was Actually His Mother
Today I found out that the woman Jack Nicholson thought was his sister for a good portion of his life, turned out to be his mother.
In 1974, Jack Nicholson’s movie Chinatown was opening in theaters; Time Magazine then chose to do a cover story on Nicholson. Someone working at Time Magazine called Jack up to [...]
Where the Dollar Sign Comes From
Today I found out where the dollar sign ($) comes from. This symbol first showed up in the 1770’s appearing in documents of English-Americans who had business dealings with Spanish-Americans. However, it wasn’t until the very early 1800’s that it became popularized, around the same time the first official U.S. dollars were being minted, though [...]
