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OK Miranda, chalk up the autobiography as another one of Ben Franklin’s inventions. Granted, the word didn’t come into use until seven years after his death in 1790 but it was used to market the book he wrote about himself.
It’s Monday. The first day of April was a Monday too. No surprise, July and April start on the same day each year.
The median income for working musicians in 2016 was but $20,000.
World War II helicopters? Yes Anthony, helicopters were used in World War II.
The maestro Otto Klemperer is considered to be among greatest conductor/composers of his generation. His son, Werner, however would surpass all his achievements by playing Colonel Klink on Hogan’s Heroes.
Oh if only Otto had conducted the show’s theme song. What transcendental art that would have been.
Did you know the theme actually has lyrics?
Wall Street gets its name from a wooden wall the Dutch put up. It was not meant to keep out the Indians but the English.
Hoboken as in Hoboken, N.J., means “land of the tobacco pipe” in the language of the Lenape.
Carnival Cruise Line’s 104 ships has sleeping quarters for 243,000 persons. The company could take the entire population of Reno, Nev. on a vacation.
The Turks once ruled Manchuria. That’s pretty impressive considering Manchuria is about as far as you can get from Turkey and still be on the same continent.