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This is a weekly wrap of our Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"fighting<\/a>Why the French-Founded Notre Dame School\u2019s Athletic Teams are the \u201cFighting Irish\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

When the green and blue uniformed athletes of the University of Notre Dame run on to the field or court, their fans are rooting for the \u201cFighting Irish.\u201d Represented by a small green leprechaun- hat tilted with his fists up, ready to fight- the athletic teams of this South Bend, Indiana Catholic school have been playing under this moniker for, officially, 87 years. But here\u2019s the thing: the school was actually founded by French Catholic priests, not Irish Catholics. So, how did Notre Dame… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Aimee\"<\/a>The Mysterious Disappearance of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson<\/a><\/p>\n

On May 18, 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson went for a swim in the Pacific Ocean at Venice Beach. An avid swimmer, Aimee loved to escape from her temple in Echo Park for a quick dip in the ocean. She was dropped off by her secretary, who then left to do errands. When the secretary returned, McPherson wasn\u2019t on the beach or in the water or anywhere. In a panic, the secretary called for the leaders of the Angelus Temple. After searching, they concluded the only logical thing: The leader of the Foursquare Gospel and the popular, revolutionary evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson had drowned in the Pacific Ocean. As Aimee\u2019s mother put it to a teary-eyed congregation at the Angelus Temple later that evening, \u201cSister Aimee is with Jesus.\u201d But that wasn\u2019t the end of the tale… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"house-2\"<\/a>If You Own Land, How Far Above and Below Do You Own?<\/a><\/p>\n

On paper, the concept of land ownership sounds very simple- you pay money and in return you\u2019re given unfettered access to a predetermined amount of land. But how much of that land do you actually own? Do you own the sky above it? How about the land below it? What about all the animals that may live there; do you own those too?\u00a0 All of these questions and more define what exactly it means to \u201cown\u201d a piece of land.\u00a0 Surprisingly, many of the answers aren\u2019t well defined from a legal standpoint as you\u2019ll soon see. (Note: The laws governing one\u2019s rights as a landowner vary considerably depending on location, even within a given country or state.\u00a0 With that caveat noted… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"pirate-map\"<\/a>Parrots, Peg-legs, Plunder \u2013 Debunking Pirate Myths<\/a><\/p>\n

Pirates murdered, pillaged, raped, stole, and generally made the lives of others who stood in their way terrible. But despite these facts, books and, more recently, Hollywood have glamorized the \u201cswashbuckler on the high seas.\u201d In the process, a lot of fiction has been attached to the pirate mythos. For example, the rumor\u00a0that pirates commonly made people walk the plank simply isn\u2019t true<\/a>. Save for extremely rare occurrences (only five documented instances in history), this just didn\u2019t happen. For starters, pirates generally weren\u2019t interested in killing if they could help it- they just wanted the loot.\u00a0 If you went around indiscriminately killing people, then crews wouldn\u2019t surrender easily and you\u2019d always have to fight to take ships, rather… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"hedy-lamarr-340x426\"<\/a>How One of the Most Beautiful Women in 1940s\u2019 Hollywood Helped Make Certain Wireless Technologies Possible<\/a><\/p>\n

Did an exotic actress from Vienna, considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood in the 1940s, really invent wireless? Not exactly, but the non-sensationalized facts of the matter are no less fascinating, involving Hollywood, the World War II Axis Powers, and remote control technology. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, better known as \u201cHedy Lamarr\u201d, once really did patent a \u201cSecret Communication System\u201d for radio communication, meant to foil the Axis during WWII. It was specifically designed to be used as a remote control system to securely guide torpedoes while getting around the problem of jamming.\u00a0 Her idea at its core was really part of the larger concept of \u201cfrequency-hopping”… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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