Category: Omnibit

Presidents Military Service — Twenty-six of the 45 United States presidents served in the military. Two (Washington and Monroe) were veterans of the American Revolution; three (Jackson, William Henry Harrison and Tyler) were veterans of the War of 1812; two (Taylor and Grant) were veterans of the Mexican War; one (Lincoln) was the veteran of an Indian war; six (Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison and McKinley) were veterans of the Civil War; one (Theodore Roosevelt) was a veteran of the Spanish American War; one (Truman) was a veteran of World War I; eight (every president from Eisenhower to George H.W. Bush) was a veteran of World War II; and one (George W. Bush) was a Vietnam-era Cold War veteran.

Presidents Military Service William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-25-19

Plastic beats paper with regard to the environment. A paper bag must be used three times before its carbon footprint is less than a single-use plastic bag. A cotton bag must be used 131 times.

Plastic beats paper William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-24-19

Winchester and Remington produce giant 8 gauge shotguns to clean kilns and furnaces.

8 gauge shotguns William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-23-19

Robert Wadlow of Alton Ill., at almost 9-feet, was the tallest person ever recorded. Officially, he was 8-feet, 11.1 inches. He died in 1940 at the age of 22. Bone fragments found in Castelnau-le-Lez, France, however, indicate that someone may have reached 11-feet, 6-inches back in Neolithic times.

Tallest person William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-22-19

The country with the most camels living free in the wild is Australia. Really. There was about 300,000 of them in 2013 and the growth is 10 percent per year.

Most camels William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-21-19

Ever hear of Plovdiv, Bulgaria? You should have. It is oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe. Arguably, anyway. Some will say that Argos, Greece beats it. Plovdiv is thought to have been founded about 6,000 B.C.

Oldest continuously inhabited city William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-20-19

The military began using a phonetic alphabet in 1913. The original designations that remain are Mike for M and X-ray for X.

Phonetic alphabet William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-18-19

The deepest mine in the world is the Mponeng Gold Mine southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa. The operating depth averages between 2.8km to 3.4km. That would be about 1.7 to 2.1 miles.

Actually, Eight of the worlds’ 10 deepest mines in the world are in South Africa The others are in Ontario, Canada. The South African ones produce gold. The Canadian wones produce nickle (Creighton) or copper and zinc (Kid Creek).

Deepest mine William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-17-19

The American Indian spent a fair share of his time outdoors and his home didn’t have screens. How did he handle mosquitos? Mud and, depending on where he lived, bear fat or rancid alligator fat.

Rancid alligator fat William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-16-19

Who was Simeon T Webb? He was Johnathan Luther “Casey” Jones’s fireman when the Cannonball Expressed crashed on April 30, 1900 in Vaughan, Miss. He survived. His description of what happened is what the song is based upon.

Simeon T Webb William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-15-19