Category: Omnibit

Guys, a celery diet isn’t practical. You  need about 2,500 calories per day.  That would mean eating 39 pounds of Apium graveolens.

Celery diet William Lawrence Sr Omnibit

Iwo Jima was the only Marine battle in World War II in which total U.S. casualties — wounded and killed combined — exceeded that of the Japanese. The Japanese, however, had almost three times the number killed.

Marine battle William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-19-18

 

John Quincy Adams Pet Alligator — Happy Presidents’ Day. John Quincy Adams had a pet alligator. He kept it in the White House bathtub and used it to prank his visitors. Our sixth president certainly had a sense of humor.

The reptile was given him by the Marquis de Lafayette.

John Quincy Adams Pet Alligator William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-19-18

Adolph Hitler’s childhood doctor was Eduard Bloch. He was Jewish. Hitler had found memories of him. When he took over, he gave him special protection then let him and his family emigrate to the United States.

Eduard Bloch William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-16-18

The first Winter Olympics were in Chamonix, France, in 1924. No country south of the equator has hosted, or even been an applicant to host, the games.

First Winter Olympics William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-16-18

The best selling love song is Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” from 1992.

Best selling love song William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-14-18

The Air Force’s Wright Laboratory in 1994 proposed building a bomb that when dropped on enemy troops would cause them to have sexual relations with each other. They called it the gay bomb. They were serious. Really. We are not making this up. 

Gay Bomb William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-13-18

Robert Lincoln Edwin Booth — Robert was the only son of Abraham Lincoln to survive till adulthood and have children. He almost didn’t though. While on a train platform in Jersey City in late 1863 or early 1864, he was pushed by the crowd and likely would have fallen to his death but for a passerby who grabbed him at the last moment.  The passerby? He was Edwin Booth, the noted actor and brother of John Wilkes Booth.

Robert Lincoln Edwin Booth William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-12-18

 

Yes Anthony, there was a president of Delaware. Ten in fact. Delaware called its first 10 governors “president”.

President of Delaware William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-10-18

 

A plan to build an aircraft carrier out of ice and sawdust was seriously considered during World War II. The substance — pykrete — is as strong as concrete and has a slow melting rate. It can be repaired with seawater.

Pykrete William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-9-18