Evel Knievel was a hunting guide for a while. He offered a money-back guarantee if customers didn’t get the animal they wanted. Things were going great until authorities caught on he was leading his safaris into Yellowstone National Park.
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What was so special about the Battle of Cerignola in 1503? It was the first in which gunpowder-based small arms was responsible for the victory. Oh, the winner? It was Spain. France was the loser.
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No Miranda, it was Noah Hathaway not Daniel Radcliffe who was the first to play Harry Potter on film.
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Wild Bill Hickok appeared on stage in Niagara Falls in the play “The Daring Buffalo Chasers of the Plains.” By all accounts he was terrible.
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No Miranda, you don’t stand behind a podium. You stand on a podium. The thing you stand behind is a lectern.
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William Penn’s first choice to name his American holdings was New Wales. He changed it to Sylvania after which King Charles II changed it to Pennsylvania in honor of Penn’s father who was instrumental in his restoration.
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The first recorded use of gray as a color name in the English language was in 700 A.D.
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Tomorrow is Jan. 10. What momentous event occurred 116 years ago on that date?
That’s right Anthony, the invention of the flashlight, or at least the approval of its patent. It was by the American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Co. which soon became The American Ever Ready Co., which after its acquisition by National Carbon Co. in 1914, had its products marketed as Everready.
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American Electrical Novelty.
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It was at Disney World where Richard Nixon infamously declared “I’m not a crook”.
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Manayunk is the Lenape word for “place to drink.” So if one is looking for a bar in the Philadelphia area . . .
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