William Lawrence Sr Omnbit 11-27-15
More than a quarter of the quarterbacks in the Pro Football Hall of Fame are from Western Pennsylvania.
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William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-26-15
Rev. John Robinson was the pastor of the “Pilgrim Fathers” while they were in Leiden, Netherlands before they left for the New World on the Mayflower.
His son, Isaac, would eventually be among those who would emigrate.
His great-great-great-great-great-great grandson was Wild Bill Hickok.
William Lawrence Sr Omnbit 11-24-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnbit 11-24-15
Kongo Gumi, a Japanese construction company, is the world’s oldest business getting its start in 578. It was family-owned until 2006 when it was acquired by Takamatsu.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-23-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-23-15
Fanta, the fruit-based soda pop made by Coca-Cola, was invented by the Coca-Cola bottlers of Nazi Germany. It was after their plants could no longer get Coca-Cola syrup when the shooting started.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-21-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-21-15
British literary greats C.S. Lewis and Alous Huxley died within 10 minutes of each other on Nov. 22, 1963. For some reason, the deaths were barely noted in the press.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-20-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-20-15
The first iron rails were made at the Colenbrook Iron Works in England in 1767, two years before James Watt patented his steam engine.
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 11-19-15
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 11-18-15
William Penn’s favorite sport was foot racing. His school was three miles  from his home and he would often make the trip on a run. It was a 5K every day.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-18-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-18-15
No Anthony, the first car built on an assembly line was not the Ford Model T but the Oldsmobile Curved Dash in 1901.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-17-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-17-15
The average US woman will spend $15,000 on makeup in her lifetime.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-16-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-16-15
After the Nazis took power in Germany, but before World War II started the British heard rumors that they had a “death ray” capable of destroying whole towns. They felt it imperative to make their own. They sent radio waves at solid objects. They soon learned a death ray was a pretty stupid concept. The radio waves, however, were just peachy at detecting things and determining their range. Hence R(adio)A(nd)D(etection)A(nd)R(anging) came about. The Nazis, ironically, never matched the Allies with regard to radar.