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Christmas tree with electric 12-21-19 William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-21-19
OK Miranda, who was Edward Johnson? He was the New York City gentleman who in 1882 was the first person to light his Christmas tree with electric lights.
About half of the world’s food fish is now produced by farming a.k.a aquaculture.
The heaviest wolf to be taken by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service was killed on 70 Mile River in east-central Alaska on July 12, 1939. It weighed 175 pounds.
Quirinus was a trusted Roman deep stater who was appointed Legate of Syria with instructions to figure out how much in taxes the Empire could get from Judea Province. One of his first orders was to carry out a census. It is for that which history remembers him.
Chocolate poisoning nearly doubles in December for dogs. There were 3,542 reported in December 2018. The next highest month last year was November with 1,947. The low month was June with 1,201.
For what it’s worth, milk chocolate is far less dangerous than unsweetened. It has to do amount of the theobromine and caffeine. All chocolate is bad for the pup, though.
There is no significant difference between the DNA of domestic cats and cats in the wild.
The first hit in Major League Baseball history was on April 22, 1876 by Jim O’Rourke for the Boston Red Stockings. O’Rourke, at age 54, also became the oldest player to ever appear in the National League when he took the field for the New York Giants in 1904. He remains the oldest player to hit safely in a major league game.
It was famed American company International Telephone and Telegraphy that had controlling interesting in famed German aircraft maker Focke-Wulf just before World War II broke out.
Headache? How long for the aspirin to work? The relief starts between 20 to 30 minutes but full effect isn’t reached until about 100 minutes. It’s about the same for Ibuprofen and and Tylenol.
The longest lightning bolt — at least the longest observed lightning bolt — occurred on June 20, 2007 in Oklahoma. It was 199.5 miles long.