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William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-4-15
How many spiders will you likely eat in your lifetime as you sleep? Zero, despite what you might have read on the internet . Spiders really don’t like warm breath or beds with people tossing and turning on them.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-3-15 
The largest residential property in Manhattan is said to be a fifty-one-thousand-square-foot mansion, on East Seventy-first Street between Madison and Fifth, owned by Jeffrey Epstein.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-2-15
There are 7.3 billion persons in the world. If each of us was a grain of sand would we could all fit in an 8,000 cubic feet box which is smaller than most houses. To fit all people in one building, it would have to be 42,377,599,886 cubic feet. The height, length and width would be about 3,400 feet.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-1-15
June is a big month for flags. Not only does the U.S.A. honor Old Glory on June 14, Sweden honors its flag on June 6 and Finland does the same for her’s on June 24.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-30-15
Cleopatra was not Egyptian but Greek. Nefertiti, though, was Egyptian.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-29-15
Acclaimed author Joseph Heller wrote a script for an episode of McHale’s Navy.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-28-15
Max is the most common name for dogs in the U.S. Males dogs that is. For female dogs it’s Bella.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-27-15
What’s the connection between Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid? Curly Bill Brocius who was famously sent to Boot Hill by Earp was partners with Robert Martin. Martin for a time ran with the Jesse Evans gang known as “The Boys”. The Kid was also a member of this group.
Or you can just cite the movie Easy Rider in which the protagonists took their names from Wyatt and Billy.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-26-15
Yes Miranda, it takes up to six months for scurvy to develop in healthy people after vitamin C is removed from the diet. Even then only a tiny daily amount is enough to keep a person healthy. Something to consider the next time you sail the South Seas.
The South won the first, Fort Sumter, and last, Palmito Ranch, battles of the Civil War.
The Battle of Palmito Ranch near Brownsville, Texas, occurred May 12-13, 1865 more than a month after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. Historians today are still confused as to why it was fought. Union Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana is believed to have been the last man killed in combat.
The final Confederate unit to surrender was the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles stationed in Doaksville Indian Territory and commanded by Brigadier General Stand Watie. They did it on June 23, 1865