The longest Wikipedia biography is that of Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst. It lists the thousands of asteroids that he discovered.
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John Hurt is the actor who has died the most on screen meeting his demise in 43 movies and TV shows. He is followed by Bela Lugosi who died 36 times. Sean Bean has the highest death per film ratio, though, at .32.
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What do The Professor from Gilligan’s Island and Curly from City Slickers have in common? The actors who played them — Russell Johnson and Jack Palance — were born in Luzerne County, Pa.
Both also served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. It was The Professor, though, that got the Purple Heart.
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Japanese vs Chinese — Japanese and Chinese have different linguist roots, at least as spoken. Japanese writing is based on Chinese.
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Microwaving Better — You’re better off microwaving your broccoli than boiling it.
Or stir frying it.
At least that’s what the government found when it measured nutrient loss using common cooking methods.
For the record, steaming was the best method with regard to keeping the good stuff.
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The Great Snow of 1717 dropped 3 to 5 feet of the white stuff on Boston with some drifts reaching 25 feet.
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Today is the 12th and last day of Christmas and tonight is the 12th Night. It’s a celebration. Shakespeare wrote a play for it.
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The ancient Greeks were hip. Their music used the same Penatonic scale found in rock, jazz, the blues, Gospel and Celtic folk music.
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Black paint weighs more. It’s one of the reasons airlines avoid using it for their airliners.
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Tarzan Fighter Pilot — Tarzan was not just an ape man, he was also a fighter pilot with the R.A.F. In Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, written in 1944, he is shot down over the jungle where he reverts to using his jungle skills to fight the Japanese. It was the last work by Edgar Rice Burroughs to be published during his life.