Category: Omnibit

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-2-15

Catfish sometimes kill and eat people. Fear not, killer catfish are only reported in India and the Amazon.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-1-15

Quintilis was the original name for this time of year. It means fifth in Latin and was the fifth month on the Roman calendar. Mark Antony, though, wanted to honor his recently deceased friend so he had Quintilis — which frankly had not made sense as a name for about 700 years as King Numa Pompilius added Januarius and Februarius to the calendar shortly after it was designed — renamed Iulius which we know as July.

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-30-15

The moa was a 12-foot-tall bird that lived in New Zealand. Maori found them tasty when they arrived on the islands around 1280. The moa were extinct by 1440.

The moa was a 12-foot-tall bird

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-29-15

John as in policeman comes from an Anglicization of the French “gendarme.” John as in prostitute’s customer came from the pseudonym many of them used.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-27-15

Lenoid Rogozov was the surgeon on a 12-member Russian Antarctic expedition in 1961. He came down with appendicitis. He removed the offending organ himself using mirrors.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-23-15

The only live outdoor western to appear on network television in the US was Action in the Afternoon.

It was staged in Philadelphia on the back lot of WCAU-TV.  One of the production problems was airplanes flying overhead.

It aired Feb. 2, 1953 to Jan. 29, 1954. Its music director, Richard Lester, would go on to direct A Hard Day’s Night and Help for the Beatles, , The Three Musketeers and Superman III.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-22-15

When the Germans invaded Russia on June 22, 1941 they had more horses (about 700,000) than motor vehicles (600,000). When World War II started on Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany and Communist Russia were allies.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-20-15

Jaws is the most common name for pet goldfish in the United Kingdom.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-19-15

You body weight changes from minute to minute.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-18-15

The first pie ever to be thrown into someone’s face in a movie happened 102 years ago. It was flung by Mabel Normand in 1913’s A Noise from the Deep.