Category: Omnibit

Executing a murderer is homicide. Really. Homicide means any killing of a human by another. Some homicide is justifiable. Murder never is. One might even be executed for it.

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The Paisley pattern so beloved by hippies is of Iranian origin and is based on a fig.

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Yes Anthony, Charles Addams, the creator of the creepy and spooky Addams Family, has a Philly connection. He studied architecture at Penn. The school’s Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall is named for him.

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The world’s largest second-hand book market can be found at Hay-on-Wye, a small village at the border of England and Wales.

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Scrabble was originally called Criss-Crosswords.

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The bloodiest battle in U.S. history occurred in neither the Civil War nor World War II. It was the Battle of Meuse-Argonne in 1918 which ended World War I and saw the loss of 26,277 American lives with another 95,786 wounded. The second worst battle was the Battle of the Bulge in World War II which saw 19,276 deaths. There were 7,863 deaths at Gettysburg, the worst Civil War battle.

Remember all veterans today.

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McQueen Hackman Marines — Filmdom’s most famous car chases involved Steve McQueen in Bullitt and Gene Hackman in the French Connection. McQueen and Hackman both served as U.S. Marines.

Happy birthday United States Marine Corps.

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San Marino has been a republic since gaining independence from the Roman Empire in 301 A.D.

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Komodo dragons — the world’s largest lizards — are venomous. Yes, they will eat people when given the opportunity.

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The ocellated carpet viper kills 20,000 people a year in Africa, mostly farm workers.

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