Category: Omnibit

Water is mysterious. It has more than 70 properties that are different from other liquids.

Water is mysterious. Willliam Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-4-18

Why is “break a leg” a wish for good luck among theater folk? It comes from the German phrase  hals-und beinbruch which means “neck and leg break” which means good luck.

That very well may have been a corruption of the Hebrew hatzlakha u-brakha meaning “success and blessing” which came to Germany via Yiddish. How did it end up in American entertainment? A lot of theater folk in early 20th century America were German-speaking immigrant Jews.

hals-und beinbruch William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-2-18

What’s the June birthstone? Trick question, June has three birthstones: Pearl, alexandrite, and moonstone.

June birthstone William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-1-18

Francisco Macias Nguema was a very bad man. He was the first leader of Equatorial Guinea after it obtained independence from Spain in 1968. On Christmas Eve 1975, he had 150 opponents killed in a soccer stadium by soldiers dressed as Santa Claus while playing the Mary Hopkin’s song “Those Were the Days”.

He was overthrown and executed in 1979.

Nguema used hallucinogenic drugs and was quite insane. He murdered the director of his Central Bank and buried the entire national treasury under his bed which was in a bamboo hut in the village of his birth.

Francisco Macias Nguema William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-30-18

There are 101 Americans with over $1 million in student loans.

$1 million in student loans William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-29-18

The last American killed in action in World War II was Sgt. Anthony J. Marchione of Pottstown on Aug. 18, 1945. He was part of a crew of a B-32 Dominator bomber flying a reconnaissance mission over Japan which had surrendered  three days earlier. His plane was attacked by rouge Japanese fighter pilots. At least one of the Japanese attackers was shot down by the bomber’s gunners.

Only 118 B-32s were built. They flew from Jan. 27 to Aug. 30, 1945.

 

Last American killed in action William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-28-18

Two thirds of energy produced by the United States is wasted.

Two thirds of energy William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-26-18

The first radio nostalgia program was likely The Gay Nineties Revue which aired from 1939 to 1944. It featured songs that had been hits 40 years earlier. It would be like listening to a radio show today playing  The Buggles, Blondie and the Ramones.

Gay Nineties Revue William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-25-18

In the United Sates, names must be composed of letters. At least in most places. You can name your kid anything you want in Kentucky.

Names William Lawrence Sr Omnbit 5-24-18

Las Vegas means “The Meadows” in Spanish. Now imagine a giant cowboy named Meadows Vic.

Meadows William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-23-18