Set in Manhattan, the game follows a powerful amnesiac shapeshifter named Alex Mercer who must stop an outbreak of Blacklight, a plague that mutates individuals into hideous violent monsters. This… Read more “Fact Du Jour – July 2, 2019 – Prototype (Video Game)”
Category: Random Facts
Fact Du Jour – July 1, 2019 – Bolt (DC Supervillain)
The DC villain Bolt – (aka Larry Bolatinsky) – is a special effects artist/assassin. He designed a special suit that gives him the power to teleport and… Read more “Fact Du Jour – July 1, 2019 – Bolt (DC Supervillain)”
Fact Du Jour – June 30, 2019 – The First Digital Watch
A 1976 “Pulsar” LED watch. If you were one of those annoying people in the early 1970s who just HAD to have the latest technological gadgets? Chances… Read more “Fact Du Jour – June 30, 2019 – The First Digital Watch”
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”
Fact Du Jour – June 28, 2019 – Sam the Olympic Eagle
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!
Fact Du Jour – June 27, 2019 – Jon Benet Murder – Reimagined?
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?”
Fact Du Jour – June 26, 2019 – Top Cotton Producing Countries
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”
Fact Du Jour – June 25, 2019 – Ennius – Father of Roman Poetry
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”
Fact Du Jour – June 24, 2019 – “Raising Buchanan”
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””
Fact Du Jour – June 23, 2019 – Venomous Snail?
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?”
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