Category: Omnibit

Yes, Christopher Anthony, Wisconsin residents drink the most — 26 gallons per capita per year — malt beverages in America.

— William W. Lawrence Sr.

It is hard to believe that Emily Dickinson had just seven poems published during her lifetime. Most of the 1,700 poems found in the attic of her Amherst, Mass., home were published after she died.

— William W. Lawrence Sr.

It takes 700 separate steps to produce a Hummel figurine.

— William W. Lawrence Sr. 

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was a Grateful Dead fan. He was assassinated by his nephew in 1975.

 William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 8-4-17

The Runwanweli pagoda in Sri Lanka is built on a 500-square-foot, four-inch thick foundation of solid silver.

— William W. Lawrence Sr.

Columbia Confusion — The residents wanted to name their new state “Columbia” back in 1889 but were talked out of it as it was thought some might confuse it with the nation’s capital, the District of Columbia.

So they named it Washington.

One of the founding settlers of Washington State was a black man named George W. Bush.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-2-17 Columbia Confusion

 

Robert Frost won the Pulitzer Prize four times, the only American author to do so.

— William W. Lawrence Sr.

Duct tape really was originally called duck tape. The name comes from canvas-backed tape upon which it was based when introduced in World War II. A once-common name for the type of canvas used in the tape was “cotton duck”.

— William W. Lawrence Sr. 7-31-17 Duck Tape

France’s Charles VI (1368-1482) a.k.a. “Crazy Charlie” “Charles The Mad” once gave a ball which they still talk about. Everybody glued feathers to their skin and went dressed as savages. They then got drunk and started laughing and throwing flaming torches at each other. They quit laughing when the feathers and costumes caught fire. Six guests died of burns.

— William W. Lawrence Sr. 

 

Charles The Mad

One out of five heavy smokers develop lung cancer.

— William W. Lawrence Sr.