{"id":25382,"date":"2013-08-31T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=25382"},"modified":"2013-08-31T20:27:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T03:27:39","slug":"weekly-wrap-volume-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/weekly-wrap-volume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap Volume 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"milky-way\"<\/a>How Our Galaxy Came to Be Called the “Milky Way” and What It’s Called in Other Languages<\/a><\/p>\n

No, it has nothing to do with the candy bar. Like many words we use today, the English name of our galaxy is derived from its Latin name: Via Lactea. Translated, that means \u201cthe road of milk.\u201d The Romans actually got the name from the Greeks, who called our galaxy \u201cgalaxias kyklos\u201d<\/i> or…<\/p>\n

\"sherlock\"<\/a>Sherlock Holmes Never Said “Elementary, My Dear Watson”<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cElementary, my dear Watson<\/em>\u201c, sometimes quoted as, \u201cElementary,<\/strong><\/em> dear Watson<\/em>\u201c, is one of those phrases that everybody<\/em> knows the character of Sherlock Holmes said. You know, just like everyone knows that Kirk said \u201cBeam me up Scotty\u201d and Darth Vader said, \u201cLuke, I am your father\u201d. The thing is, none of those characters ever said any of those things….<\/p>\n

\"Uncle<\/a>“Uncle Sam” was a Real Person<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1789, Samuel Wilson and his brother Ebeneezer moved to Troy New York and setup the business E. & S. Wilson which, among other things, dealt in meat packing.\u00a0\u00a0 By the war of 1812, this business was fairly prosperous and E. & S. Wilson obtained a contract with the U.S. government to provide the army with beef and….<\/p>\n

\"poe\"<\/a>When Edgar Allan Poe was Court-Martialed and Convicted<\/a><\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his poems and short stories, but what is not as well-known about the man is that Poe had a somewhat turbulent stint in the military. The trouble began when Poe enrolled in a course at the University of Virginia. His foster father gave him a $100 (about $2,000 today) to cover living expenses for the year. Any university student today can tell you that university fees add up\u2014the courses, the books…<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>The First Time John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr Played Together<\/a><\/p>\n

It was the autumn of 1960 in Hamburg, Germany.\u00a0 The fledgling group who had recently changed their name officially to \u201cThe Beatles\u201d were playing at a local club called The Kaiserkeller<\/em>. At the time, the Beatles consisted of five members- John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, plus their then-drummer Pete Best and their pretty mediocre bass player, Stu Sutcliffe.\u00a0 The Beatles were playing 8-hour shifts at the club…<\/p>\n

Bonus<\/span> Quick Facts:<\/p>\n