Category: Omnibit

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-23-15

John Winthrop apple orchard.

John Winthrop was given Governor’s Island by the Massachusetts Bay Colony with the stipulation that he plant an apple orchard on it. He did.

William Lawrence Sr Omnbit 2-21-15

George Raft of movie gangster fame was the world’s fastest Charleston dancer.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-20-15

The 50,000 Greenlanders who live on the world’s largest island in some of the world’s worst weather drink over 30 million cans of beer a year — at least in 1986.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-18-15

The Hell’s Kitchen section of New York City was named by Davy Crockett.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-17-15

No Anthony, pigs never squeal for joy! Piggy only squeals when he’s in trouble. The squeal is strictly a distress signal that can be heard for blocks. But who is going to come to a pig’s rescue?

William Lawrence Sr Omnbit 2-13-15

A statue of Dom Perigon, the Benedictine monk who put the fizz in champgagne, stands on a city square in Rheims, France. The bubbles for which he is honored came quite accidently when carbonic acid gas got into some wine he was making.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-12-15

Abraham Lincoln hid his mail and bankbook in his stovepipe hat.

William W. Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-11-15

Lew Wallace was a major general during the Civil War. He also wrote Ben Hur.

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 2-10-15

Yes Christopher Anthony, two out of three Americans do and will wear glasses during their lifetime.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-9-15

Camille Raccourse, an expert at hangings, bone breaking, and other forms of death was the official executioner in Lyon, France from 1760 to 1770. All during that period she masqueraded as a man.