Text Version: The growth rate of your fingernails (and toenails) is related to the length of the outermost finger bones. Which is why your middle finger grows faster than that of your pinkey or any of your other fingernails for that matter. The same applies to your toenails. That is why fingernails grow up to four times faster than your […]
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Text Version: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” Album was the first CD ever released in the United States. Bruce Springsteen began recording the album in January 1982 and didn’t finish it until March 1984. The CD was released on June 4, 1984and the album went on to become the best selling album of 1985 in the U.S. The album […]
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Felix K asks: Is white chocolate actually chocolate? That depends on who you ask, but on the whole most chocolate connoisseurs would say no. Chocolate is a range of products made with chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, and cocoa solids, among other ingredients. Depending on the proportions of the cocoa, there are several types of chocolate like dark chocolate, milk chocolate, […]
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It was a cloudy, overcast Saturday morning on May 1, 1920. Pitcher Joe Oeschger (pronounced esh-ker) didn’t even think the game would be played, as it had rained most of the morning. And even if it was played, he didn’t think he would be the starting pitcher. “Manager (George) Stallings usually pitched me on Sundays because I went to church”, […]
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On this day in history, November 19th… 1863 : American President Abraham Lincoln, gives the one of the best-known speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address. Around four and a half months prior to the address, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil war took place in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Often described as the turning point in the American Civil war, […]
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On October 9, 1985, the great director and actor, Orson Welles, was scheduled to appear on “The Merv Griffin Show”, one of TV’s most popular talk shows. Griffin had actually met Welles years before at his Beverly Hills Hotel bungalow. “I was right outside his bungalow”, recalled Griffin. “I introduced myself, and he said ‘I know who you are and […]
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Text Version: A Canadian by the name of Dr. James Naismith invented the sport of Basketball. Born on November 6, 1861, Naismith studied physical education in Montreal before moving to Springfield, Massachusetts in the United States. While teaching at the Springfield YMCA in 1891, Naismith was given 14 days to come up with an indoor game to “athletically distract” a […]
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Text Version: Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy. Donald Fauntleroy Duck first appeared in “The Wise Little Hem” in 1934. Over the next 20 years, Donald Duck appeared in over 150 films. Along with films, comic books and T.V. shows, Donald Fauntleroy Duck has played a major role in the Disney Theme parks and is in more Disney Land attractions […]
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Text Version: A cricket’s ears are on its front legs, just below the knees and they have four acoustic inputs. The openings in the crickets exoskeleton that act as ears, lead into chambers inside the legs, which connect to either side of the cricket, allowing sound to pass completely through the cricket. By facing one way or the other, the […]
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Text Version: Contrary to popular belief, St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City is not the Pope’s official church nor the head of all churches in the Roman Catholic faith. In fact, it’s not even a cathedral. Although St. Peter’s Basilica may be the largest Roman Catholic church (with an area of 5.7 acres) and a lot of papal ceremonies take […]
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On this day in history, November 18th… 1307 : According to the 15th century Swiss chronicle legend, William Tell was made to shoot an apple off his son’s head. The legend goes as follows: an Austrian Vogt (like and over lord or bailiff) by the name Albrecht Gessler first installed a pole in the village square on which he hung his […]
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On this day in history, November 17th… 1558 : Elizabeth I, daughter of King Henry VIII, succeeded her half sister, Queen Mary I, to become the new Queen of England and Ireland and began an era that would be known in British history as the Elizabethan Age. For the short 5 years that Queen Mary I was sovereign head, she […]
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Text Version: One of the earliest descriptions of the casino game roulette was described in the French novel ‘La’ Roulette, Ou Le Jour’, written by Jaques Lablee. Roulette is named after a French diminutive for “little wheel.” As many of you know, players place bets on either, single numbers or a range of numbers, the colors, or whether the number […]
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