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  • Random Calendar Info #7

    King Cobras can reach 18 feet long and lives by eating other snakes. Gugliemo Marconi claimed to receive the first wireless signal across the Atlantic in 1901. Carlo Ponzi around 1920 defrauded 15 million dollars from his victims. Mickey Mantle retired from baseball in 1969 from the NY Yankees. The first King Kong movie in

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  • Random Calendar Info #5

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    Orangutans sometimes use leaves to shield themselves from the rain. Anna Karenina is known as one of the greatest fiction stories of all time. Dirty laundry is discussing your problems in public. Fort McHenry protects the U.S. gold reserves. Allergic rhinitis is also known as hay fever. Ulysses was first published in 1922 in Paris.

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  • More You Know: Locations of Superbowl Games

    I’ve never watched a Superbowl in my life so why I compiled a list of where all the games were held and what stadium is beyond me. New Orleans and Miami area are the two cities that have hosted the most games. New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers are the two teams to have won

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  • More You Know: Single Player Wimbledon Title Winners

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    Australian, French, and US Open started in 1905, 1891, and 1881 respectively. The longest running competition is Wimbledon that started in 1877 for men only and 1884 for men and women. The top three countries with the most titles for male players is UK with 37, USA with 33, and Australia with 21. The top

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  • More You Know: The Seven Continents

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    When I researched how many countries are in each continent, I grew more tired of compiling a list only a handful would read. Therefore, I said screw it and focused on a few things stats from each continent. I understand each of these continents can be broken down like Eastern and Western Europe, Central and

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  • FYI: Time Magazine Person(s) of the Year

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    Every year Time magazine puts a person or group of people on the cover. Here is the list so far from when it began in 1927 up to 2020. Most of them are politicians and people who have contributed or influenced the world in positive and negative ways. My guess the cover of 2021 will

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  • FYI: State, Territory, and Country Nicknames

    The U.S. states and territories got their nicknames for several reasons. Some are from historical events, some from their crops, some due to weather, some due to plants and animals, and some based on sports teams. The countries operate in much the same manner. They get their nicknames due to their terrain shape and type,

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  • More You Know: #1001 Blog Entry About Different Subjects

    A few days ago, I read about different sentences people were given for various crimes. It then led me to look at the number of deaths by the hands of a single person. I next thought about children and probably because I recently watched a show about JonBenét Ramsey and her tragic death. I got

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  • More You Know: Astrology

    Unlike natural and applied sciences, astrology is thought of as a pseudoscience to some people.  The beliefs of astrology center around information about humans in relation to celestial cycles and astrological signs.  There are twelve Western signs, known as the zodiac, and related to constellations in the sky. Western Signs The signs are in the

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  • More You Know: 1 to 10

    This is just the tip of the iceberg with numbers, 1 to 10, in different languages. Most of the European languages will be similar for obvious reasons and certain Asian languages too. There’s a lot of languages out there including the made up ones in TV shows.

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  • More You Know: Know Your Nuts

    For some reason I’m thinking about the holidays. Back in the day when I lived with my parents, they brought out the bowl of nuts in November or December. I would crack them with the metal tool and with the tiny metal picker, scrape out the pieces that stuck to the sides of the shell.

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  • FYI: 11 Deadliest Things

    Deadliest World Job: Underwater welders is the most dangerous job in the world.  There is high risk of shock, explosion, decompression sickness.  It has a 15% fatality rate. (Source: Career Addict) Deadliest American Job: Logging is the most dangerous job in the United States.  There were 56 fatal injuries and 1,040 nonfatal injuries in 2018. 

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  • FYI: Looking Back at Past Olympics

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    The Olympic Games With the Tokyo Games postponed to 2021, I decided to look up past Olympics Games information.   The games have been postponed five other times, which were due to the World Wars in 1916, 1940 twice, and 1944 twice.  The country that hosted the most games is the United States and the continent

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