Remember those old Road Runner cartoons where Wile E. Coyote would put up fake signs making it look like the road extended beyond the sign? A scene… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 12, 2019 – Operation Bertram”
Category: Useless Facts That Might Help In A Trivia Game Someday If You’re Lucky
Michigan Counties – What’s In a Name?
Once, while on a camping trip, I was sitting in my car. My husband wasn’t quite done with getting his beauty sleep, and while I was doing… Read more “Michigan Counties – What’s In a Name?”
Fact Du Jour – September 11, 2019 – Ground Zero’s Rescue Dogs (TRIGGER WARNING)
Editor’s note: This post may contain potentially tear-jerking material. Do not read if you have a tendency to lose your emotional composure when reading heartbreaking stories involving… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 11, 2019 – Ground Zero’s Rescue Dogs (TRIGGER WARNING)”
Fact Du Jour – September 10, 2019 – Fordlandia – Henry Ford’s Abandoned Rubber City
Fordlandîa, located deep in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, was operational between 1928 and 1934. In the 1920s, automaker Henry Ford wanted to build a “colony”… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 10, 2019 – Fordlandia – Henry Ford’s Abandoned Rubber City”
Fact Du Jour – September 9, 2019 – Axolotl – Regenerative Superpowers
The axolotl, or Mexican walking fish, is an amphibian with regenerative powers to grow back lost limbs. Its numbers are dwindling in the wild due to pollution… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 9, 2019 – Axolotl – Regenerative Superpowers”
Fact Du Jour – September 8, 2019 – The Doctor Who Said “No” To Thalidomide
Thalidomide caused widespread deformities in babies born throughout Europe (particularly the limbs). The drug, which was prescribed in the 1950s for morning sickness, is thought to have… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 8, 2019 – The Doctor Who Said “No” To Thalidomide”
Fact Du Jour – September 7, 2019 – Tasmania – Former Penal Colony
The Australian state of Tasmania, formerly called Van Diemen’s Land, was the former site of the Port Arthur prison facility, which is an open-air museum today. It… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 7, 2019 – Tasmania – Former Penal Colony”
Fact Du Jour – September 6, 2019 – Shark Scare of 1916
Director Steven Spielberg (and his tube socks) on the set of Jaws. Nearly sixty years before the release of the 1975 movie Jaws, a real-life Jaws story… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 6, 2019 – Shark Scare of 1916”
Fact Du Jour – September 5, 2019 – Baiae – Sunken Playground For Roman Emperors
Baiae, a sunken city located west of Naples, Italy, once served as a playground for the Roman elite, including the brutal, sadistic, controversial young emperor Caligula. Seismic… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 5, 2019 – Baiae – Sunken Playground For Roman Emperors”
Fact Du Jour – September 4, 2019 – U.S. President Whose Second Language Was English
You might already know that Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States and might also know he was one of a few presidents… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 4, 2019 – U.S. President Whose Second Language Was English”
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