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The Greeks in the time of Alexander the Great liked blond hair as much
as we do today. Men and women alike bleached their locks with potash
water and herbal infusions.
Months that begin with Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th".
The characters Bert and Ernie on "Sesame Street" were NOT named after
Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver on Frank Capra's "It's a
Wonderful Life" as is widely believed. Sesame Street creators confirm
it was purely coincidental
The word "grease monkey" comes from the person (usually a young boy)
that would crawl up in the rafters to grease all of the pulleys and
belts that ran all of the equipment in a blacksmith shop or machine
shop.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology reported that about 30,000
children are treated for sports-related eye injuries in U.S. emergency
rooms every year. Ninety percent of those injuries are preventable by
wearing safety goggles. Baseball and basketball are the two most
hazardous sports for the eye. The primary eye danger in basketball
The paper clip was patented by Norwegian inventor Johan Vaaler in
1899. Because Norway had no patent law at the time, he had to travel
to Germany where he received his patent in 1900. His U.S. Patent was
granted in 1901.
For the role of Mike Brady, father to TV's "The Brady Bunch" in the
1970s, Robert Reed was ultimately selected. However, a strong
contender for the patriarchal part was actor Gene Hackman.
April is a good month to be born if you aspire to be a television talk
show host. David Frost (4/7), David Letterman (4/12), Conan O'Brien
(4/18), Charles Grodin (4/21) and Jay Leno (4/28) all share April
birthdays.
On average, Clergymen, Lawyers, and Doctors each have 15,000 words in
their vocabulary. Skilled workers who haven't had a college education
know between 5,000 and 7,000 words. Farm laborers about 1,600.
From Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me -- In the U.S., "shag" is
far less offensive than in other English-speaking countries. Singapore
briefly forced a title change to "The Spy Who Shioked Me."
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