Category: Omnibit

September has twice as many summer days as June.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-1-16

So you think the last major cavalry battle was in the Civil War? Or the Napoleonic wars? Nope. It occurred less than 100 years ago — Aug. 31, 1920 — and was between Poland and invading communists from the Soviet Union. The Poles had 1,700 cavalrymen. The Soviets had 10 times that number.

The Poles won. It is known as the Battle of Komarów, or the Zamość Ring.

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 8-31-16 last major cavalry battle

Sure you know that the doughnut cutter was invented by John F. Blondel of Maine in 1872 but how about giving a little credit to sea captain Hanson Gregory who actually invented the doughnut hole itself. That was in 1847.

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 8-30-16

Thomas Jefferson loved wine. He bought so much of the good stuff it almost bankrupted him.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-29-16

There have been 184,869 Olympians since the games began in 1896.

William W. Lawrence Omnibit 8-27-16

What is a crepuscular critter? It’s a critter that is most active during twilight.

Crepuscular William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-26-16

The ancient Romans played the bagpipe, long before the awful thing was dumped on the unsuspecting Scots.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-25-16

Between 1362 and 1918, about 7,600 persons were killed by wolves in France.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-24-16

The late William F. Buckley Jr. wrote his first barbed letter when he was six. It was to King George V. Young Buckley demanded that England pay its war debt to the United States.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-23-16

The movies are wrong. You can’t shoot a padlock open with a pistol. Or with a rifle very well either.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-22-16