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So why do we say “piece of cake” in reference to something being easy? It stems from the line “Her picture’s in the papers now, and life’s a piece of cake” which appeared in a collection of poetry by Ogden Nash called The Primerose Path published in 1935.
There is $1.58 trillion in U.S. currency in circulation as of last September. Only $50 billion are in coins.
AMZ, which stood for Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung which means general music newspaper, was the leading music periodical of the first part of the 19th century. It’s first cover featured Bach. Beethoven read it.
While the Mexicans were famously beating the French on this date in 1862, Geroge B. McClellan fought a major but inconclusive battle with the Confederates at Fort Magruder in Virginia. Ponder that over your margarita.
How do you treat a centipede bite? Apply a freshly cut onion to it for 10 minutes. At least that’s what those in Barbados do.
No Anthony, the stock market crash was not the only thing of significance that happened in 1929. On this date, May 3, the great Dutch Vice Admiral Hendrik L van Beek was born.
Birds peck at horse droppings for seeds. The behavior is whence we get the phrase “for the birds” to describe something unwanted.
A popular dish in Britain is baked beans over toast. Yum.
Adolph Hitler wore lederhosen and a green woolen hat with a feather while a teenager in Austria. You would have laughed at him.
The United States did not issue paper money until the Civil War. The first set issued with the intent to be legal tender, or legally recognized as meeting a financial obligation, was the United States Note or “greenback”. Pennsylvania’s first and third senators Robert Morris and Albert Gallatin appeared on the $100 and $5,000 denominations respectively.