William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 1-23-15

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 1-23-15

You can blame William, Shakespeare for all those greedy starlings gobbling at your bird feeder.

The species did not live here until, in the 1890s, when Eugene Scheifflen a wealthy New Yorker (1827-1906) released 100 of the birds in New Yorks Central Park as part of a project to bring all the birds mentioned in Shakespeares’ works to the United States.

 

You can blame William, Shakespeare for all those greedy starlings gobbling at your bird feeder.  The species did not live here until, in the 1890s, when Eugene Scheifflen a wealthy New Yorker (1827-1906) released 100 of the birds in New Yorks Central Park as part of a project to bring all the birds mentioned in Shakespeares' works to the United States.

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 1-21-15

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 1-21-15

On Nov. 22, 1942, the Russian Army surrounded the 270,000 men of the German Sixth Army. Six weeks later, the Battle of Stalingrad ended when the 91,000 Nazi troops still alive surrendered. Less than 5,000 of them were still alive when the war ended.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-17-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-17-15

A weight watching scientist has determined that the average kiss uses up about nine calories. That means you would have to kiss 389 times to lose a pound. Find someone you enjoy kissing and start losing weight now.

A weight watching scientist has determined that the average kiss uses up about nine calories. That means you would have to kiss 389 times to lose a pound. Find someone you enjoy kissing and start losing weight now.

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William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-16-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-16-15

Gibraltar, the name comes from the Arabic Jebel-al-Tarik which means “mountain of of Tarik.” named after an Arab general, Tark ib n Zaid who captured Gibraltar in A.D. 711.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-14-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-14-15

Weathermen still refer to the year 1816 as the one summer skipped. There was ice and frost in each of the 12 months in the northeastern U.S. and western Europe. It was really, really cold that summer. Scientists blame the frigidity on the eruption of Mount Tamboro in Indonesia, one of the all-time great eruptions. Massive clouds of lava blocked out the sun’s energy which sharply lowered temperatures.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-12-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-12-15

Irving Berlin, whose real name was Israel B Saline was born in Siberia in 1888. He was 4 when he and his family emigrated to american and settled in New York city where he wrote our unofficial national anthem, “God Bless America.”