Fact Of The Day

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Chuck Berry (Charles Anderson)(American guitarist and songwriter, Sweet Little Sixteen)
George C. Scott (American actor, Patton)
Keith Jackson (American sportscaster, college football)
Peter Boyle (American actor, Young Frankenstein)
Dawn Wells (American actress, Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island)
Lee Harvey Oswald (American assassin of John F. Kennedy)
Mike Ditka (Michael Dyzcko) (American NFL coach)
Pam Dawber (American actress, Mork & Mindy)
Martina Navratilova (Czech/American tennis player, 18 Grand Slam titles)
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Belgian actor, Double Impact)

 

By weight, polonium is greater than 200,000 times more toxic than hydrogen cyanide. A quantity approximately the size of one grain of salt can be deadly to humans.

 

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John Le Carre (English novelist, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold)
Robert Reed (American actor, The Brady Bunch)
John Lithgow (American actor, The Crown)
Patrick Simmons (American rock guitarist, The Doobie Brothers)
Evander Holyfield (American heavyweight boxing champion)

 

Gene Hackman was the producers' pick for the role of Mike Brady on "The Brady Bunch." ABC vetoed it because he was basically unknown. Imagine Popeye Doyle dealing with Jan's crap.



https://www.metv.com/lists/youll-never-watch-the-brady-bunch-the-same-way-again-after-reading-these-12-facts#:~:text=Originally, Hackman was tapped to,right for Hackman's career, anyways.

 

One of the most grueling and physically demanding training programs a US military organization offers is the training necessary to be a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, formally known as an Aviation Survival Specialist. The training is described as more physically challenging than that for a Navy SEAL or an Army Ranger.

In addition to the expected skills such as swimming, lifesaving, diving, medical first-response, helicopter deployment, air-sea rescue, they must demonstrate compentence in such things as engine repair, parachute rigging and air and watercraft electromechanical troubleshooting. Candidates must also pass the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians exam to be recognized as a qualified first-responder.

There is a drop-out rate between 75% and 85% of all who are accepted to the program. Of the recognized Special Operations units, only the Delta Force has a higher drop-on-request washout rate.

 

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Bela Lugosi (Blasko) (Austrian actor, Dracula)
Art Buchwald (American newspaper columnist)
Mickey Mantle (American MLB Hall Of Fame outfielder, 1956 Triple Crown, 7 World Series championships)
Roosevelt Brown (American NFL Hall Of Fame tackle)
Jerry Orbach (American actor, Law & Order)
Juan Marichal (Dominican MLB Hall Of Fame pitcher)
Tom Petty (American rock singer, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Keith Hernandez (American MLB first baseman)
Viggo Mortensen (American actor, Lord Of The Rings)
Kamala Harris (American politician)
Snoop Dog (Calvin Broadus) (American rapper)
John Krasinski (American actor, The Office)

 

In 1956, a 21 inch Motorola color TV, one of the first "big and bright" models, retailed for $895.00. This is equivalent to $8,564.36 in 2020 dollars.

 

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Alfred Nobel (Swedish chemist, invented dynamite, founded the Nobel Prize)
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (American MLB Hall Of Fame pitcher, 6 time World Series champion)
Manfred Mann (Michael Lubowitz) (South African rocker, Blinded By The Light)
Judith Shiendlin (Judge Judy) (American television jurist)
Carrie Fisher (American actress, Star Wars)

 

In Hawaiian, the name of the planet we know as Uranus is Hele'ekala. (Pronouncing "Hele'ekala" shall be left as an exercise for the student.)

 

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Franz Liszt (Hungarian virtuoso pianist)
Sarah Bernhardt (French actress, Camille)
Curly Howard (Jerome Lester Horwitz) (American comedian, The Three Stooges)
Jimmie Foxx (James Emory Foxx) (American MLB Hall Of Fame, 3 time AL MVP, Triple Crown 1933, 2 World Series Championships)
Joan Fontaine (British/American actress, Gunga Din)
Timothy Leary (Harvard professor, proponent of LSD)
Annette Funicello (American actress, The Mickey Mouse Club)
Jeff Goldblum (American actor, The Fly)
Ichiro Suzuki (Japanese MLB right fielder, Most Hits In A Single Season, 262)

 

RICHARD

 

If you do not live to be 100 years of age, you will never know it.

 

I don’t get it.

 

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John Heisman (American football coach, legalized the forward pass and the center snap, Heisman Trophy is named after him)
Johnny Carson (American comedian and talk show host)
Diana Dors (Fluck) (British blonde bombshell of the '50's)
James Paul "Jim" Bunning (American MLB Hall Of Fame, Congressman and U.S. Senator from Kentucky)
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele) ( Brazilian Futbol player; widely regarded as the greatest Futbol player of all time)
Michael Crichton (American novelist, The Andromeda Strain)
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovich (American parody singer, Eat It)
Emilia Clarke (British actress, Game Of Thrones)

 

Hyde Park, New York, in Dutchess County north of The Bronx, and New Hyde Park, New York, in in Nassau County, Long Island, just east of Queens, are frequently confused with one-another by those unfamiliar with the area.

 

Perhaps New Hyde Park could be renamed Jekyll Park.

This has been Deep Thoughts by

RICHARD

 

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Melvin Purvis (FBI lead agent who lead manhunts for Machine Gun Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger)
Y.A. Tittle (American Hall Of Fame NFL quarterback )
The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson) (American rock n' roll singer, Chantilly Lace. Died in plane crash along with Buddy Holly and Richie Havens)
Bill Wyman (English rocker, Rolling Stones)
F. Murray Abraham (American actor, Amadeus)
Kevin Kline (American actor, Sophie's Choice)

 

There are several prolific and very bizarre legends and conspiracy theories regarding Denver International Airport, involving secret societies, secret tunnels, hidden meanings of artworks and others.

 

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Georges Bizet (French composer, Carmen)
Pablo Picasso (French painter, Guernica)
Richard E. Byrd (American aviator and explorer)
Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley) (American country comedienne, Hee Haw)
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (The last Shah Of Iran)
Bobby Thompson (Scottish/American MLB player, hit the "Shot Heard 'Round The World")
Marion Ross (American actress, Happy Days)
Bobby Knight (American basketball coach, Indiana)
Helen Reddy (Austrailian/American singer, I Am Woman)
Katy Perry (Kathryn Elizabeth Hudson) (American entertainer)

 

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Mahalia Jackson (American gospel singer, Whole World In His Hands)
Jackie Coogan (American actor, The Addams Family)
Jaclyn Smith (American actress, Charlie's Angels)
Pat Sajak (American game show host, Wheel Of Fortune)
Hilary Rodham Clinton (First Lady Of The United States, U.S. Senator, Secretary Of State)
Seth Macfarlane (American animator, Family Guy)
Keith Urban (New Zealand/Australian singer)