Category: Omnibit

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5–5-15

More than half million Americans own firearm silencers.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-4-15

People used to sleep in four hour segments separated by four hours of wakefulness. The blame for this habit ending is laid upon street lighting.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-2-15

Nile crocodiles were once found in southern Europe. They swam across the Mediterranean.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-1-15

Let’s hear it for crataegus monogyna, otherwise known as hawthorn, otherwise know as mayflower. A noted ship was named for it. It starts blooming about this time of year.

 

William Lawrence Omnibit 4-30-15

China’s world famous Tsingtao brewery was started by Germans.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 4-29-15

The tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro declared war on Japan in 1904 during Russo-Japanese war. Why? Who knows? Montenegro is about 6,000 miles from Japan and few in Japan had heard of it.

But, hey, it made sense at the time.

Anyway, the declaration remained in effect for 101 years largely because Montenegro was made part of Yugoslavia after World War I, and then was part of Serbia until becoming independent in 2006.

At that point Japan made peace with it.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 4-29-15

The Empire State Building could fit 6.3 million persons — if you packed them in very tightly.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 4-28-15

A tiger can remain standing even after it dies. Credit the strength in its leg muscles.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 4-27-15

The first sponsorship given to a black American athlete was by Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory) to Jesse Owens. The Dasslers were Nazis but they still wanted to sell shoes. The brothers had a falling out during the war. When the shooting stopped, Rudolf Dassler would go on to start Puma sportswear and Adolf Dassler would begin Adidas.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 4-25-15

The golden arches on the McDonald’s in Sedona, Az. are blue.