Category: Omnibit

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-9-15

Movies made in Cantonese Chinese must be dubbed for those who speak Mandarian Chinese.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-8-15

The last person killed in a duel in England was Frederic Cournet in 1852, a French refugee. His opponent was Emannuel Barthelemy, another French refugee, who would be convicted of manslaughter for the deed. Barthelemy served but seven months.
Three years later, however, he shot and killed his boss along with another man. For this he was hanged.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-7-15

The Japanese built the largest aircraft carrier in World War II.  It was the Shinano and she was 290 yards long and displaced 65,800 metric tons. She was launched on on Oct. 8, 1944. She was ready for sea  on Nov. 19. She was sunk 10 days later by the submarine USS Archerfish.

Shinano

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-5-15

Who was Wimund? He was bishop of Isle of Skye back in 12th century. When he wasn’t performing his ecclesiastic duties he was a pirate. He was eventually captured after which he was blinded and castrated. He spent the rest of his life at the monastery of Byland Abbey.

William Lawrence Sr Bonus Omnibit 12-4-15

Ever hear of Franz Mesmer? He was the Austrian physician who in the 1700s became a pioneer in the practice of hypnotism. H “mesmerized” a number of his patients, which was frowned upon by his medical colleagues who considered him a fraud. He probably was.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-4-15

Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975. They squelched it though fearing it would harm film sales.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-3-15

In the NFL rule book is an offense called “a palpably unfair act” in which an illegal action an indisputably deprived a team of a score. It’s entirely up to the referees as to when such a vile thing occurs. The penalty has never been called in NFL.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-1-15

The last person to be tortured to death by official decree in England was David Tyrie on Aug. 24, 1782. A crowd estimated at 100,000 watched.

This was after the Battle of Yorktown but before  the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution.

And now you know why are Founders included that thing about cruel and unusual punishment in our establishing documents.

David Tyrie was the last person tortured to death in England

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-30-15

How slow is a snail? It takes 115 days for one to travel a mile. That’s .00036231884058 mph. That’s assuming no bathroom breaks.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-28-15

John Kendrick was an American Revolutionary War captain who when the hostilities ended became a trader in the Pacific operating out of the Sandwich Islands.

A battle there between the natives was won by the side he and the other traders supported. To celebrate, he fired a 13-gun salute.

His fellow trader gave him one in return, unfortunately,  forgetting to unload one of the guns.

And so ended the career of Captain Kendrick.