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Fact Du Jour – June 29, 2019 – France’s Only Female Prime Minister

Édith Cresson was France’s only female prime minister, serving in that capacity from May 15, 1991 to April 2, 1992. Her political career ended in scandal from… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 29, 2019 – France’s Only Female Prime Minister”

Did you know Disney designer Bob Moore created “Sam the Eagle” to be the mascot for the 1984 Olympic Games In Los Angeles? Now you do!

The 2008 Joyce Carol Oates novel My Sister My Love is a fictionalized “reimagining” of the infamous Jon Benet Ramsey murder case. It was Joyce Carol Oates’… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 27, 2019 – Jon Benet Murder – Reimagined?”

If you’re like me and play a lot of pub trivia games, you probably try to remember some “mantras” during your trivia games like: Everything’s bigger in… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 26, 2019 – Top Cotton Producing Countries”

Quintus Ennius (c. 239 to 169 B.C.) is considered by many to be the “Father of Roman Poetry.” He managed to get his last composition “in the… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 25, 2019 – Ennius – Father of Roman Poetry”

What do you think of when you think of James Buchanan? Maybe you think… “only bachelor U.S. president, born in Pennsylvania, possibly helped escalate events leading to… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 24, 2019 – “Raising Buchanan””

When you think of snails, you probably think…slow moving and slimy, right? Not something you’d be afraid of meeting in a dark alley? Well think again! Wait… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 23, 2019 – Venomous Snail?”

Mother Nature eventually makes fools of us all. And that’s exactly what she did with Corn Island, which formerly “existed” as a 43-acre island in the Ohio… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 22, 2019 – “Corn Island””

Want to watch a movie that was made on a $500 budget? Brad Jacobowitz in The Pizza Boy Then get some popcorn ready and settle in for… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 21, 2019 – “Pizza Boy””