Sunday, April 5, 2009
Not king in Australia
In Australia, Burger King is actually called Hungry Jack's (BK already existed there).
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Close, but no cigar!
Creedence Clearwater Revival had seven songs hit #2 on the pop singles chart, but never scored a number one hit.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Odd combination...
Charles Richter, the American scientist who developed the Richter scale, was an avid nudist.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Good Grief!
In the Peanuts comic strip, Peppermint Patty’s real name is Patricia Reichardt
Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. A freckle-faced brunette, she is one of a small group in the strip who lives across town from Charlie Brown and his school friends. Generally displaying the characteristics of a tomboy, she was the first female Peanuts character to wear pants. She made her first appearance on August 22, 1966. The following year, she made her animated debut in the TV special You're in Love, Charlie Brown and began (in the comics) coaching a baseball team that played against Charlie Brown and since has had other adventures with him. She calls Charlie Brown "Chuck" and Lucy "Lucille" and is the only character to do so (although Peppermint Patty's close friend Marcie has been known to call Charlie Brown "Chuck" on occasion, she usually calls him "Charles").
Peppermint Patty's birthday is on October 4, as determined from the October 4, 1970 strip in which Patty's father gives her roses on her birthday. Peppermint Patty has also been called "Priscilla", by Marcie in the TV special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, possibly a reference to Priscilla Mullins, one of the pilgrims.
Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt is a fictional character featured in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. A freckle-faced brunette, she is one of a small group in the strip who lives across town from Charlie Brown and his school friends. Generally displaying the characteristics of a tomboy, she was the first female Peanuts character to wear pants. She made her first appearance on August 22, 1966. The following year, she made her animated debut in the TV special You're in Love, Charlie Brown and began (in the comics) coaching a baseball team that played against Charlie Brown and since has had other adventures with him. She calls Charlie Brown "Chuck" and Lucy "Lucille" and is the only character to do so (although Peppermint Patty's close friend Marcie has been known to call Charlie Brown "Chuck" on occasion, she usually calls him "Charles").
Peppermint Patty's birthday is on October 4, as determined from the October 4, 1970 strip in which Patty's father gives her roses on her birthday. Peppermint Patty has also been called "Priscilla", by Marcie in the TV special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, possibly a reference to Priscilla Mullins, one of the pilgrims.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Blue whale's got nothin on this
The largest living organism ever found has been discovered in an ancient American forest, in eastern Oregon.
Officially known as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, the fungus is 3.5 miles square miles and takes up 1,665 football fields.
Officially known as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, the fungus is 3.5 miles square miles and takes up 1,665 football fields.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Some real fast feet
Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics — while running the marathon barefoot! He won again four years later, this time wearing shoes.
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