June 14, 201412 yr My grandfather came to the U.S. from Ireland on a steamship called "The Carpathia". Anyone know the historic significance of that ship?
June 14, 201412 yr Vinnie Del Negro's dad played for Coach Rupp. So did Cris Collinsworth's dad - played on the 1958 National Champions.
June 14, 201412 yr My grandfather came to the U.S. from Ireland on a steamship called "The Carpathia". Anyone know the historic significance of that ship? Was it the first ship to the scene of the Titanic sinking?
June 14, 201412 yr Black Jack Pershing?Good Guess, he was given his Medal of Honor by Pershing. I asked my wife one day what her co-workers maiden name was and she said she thought it was York. I laughed and said I wonder if she's related to Sgt York. My wife asked her a few days later and she nonchalantly said yeah, he was my great uncle. My wife's co-worker is a lot older than my wife and said that she met him a few times when she was a little girl.
June 15, 201412 yr Haogy Carmichael wrote the song "Georgia on mY Mind" not for the state of Georgia but his sister Georgia.
June 16, 201412 yr Good Guess, he was given his Medal of Honor by Pershing. I asked my wife one day what her co-workers maiden name was and she said she thought it was York. I laughed and said I wonder if she's related to Sgt York. My wife asked her a few days later and she nonchalantly said yeah, he was my great uncle. My wife's co-worker is a lot older than my wife and said that she met him a few times when she was a little girl. Oh wow!
June 22, 201412 yr The average person speaks just over 123,000,000 words in a lifetime. Which means that B-Ball-Fan and Leatherneck speak and/or type about eleventy billion words in a lifetime.
June 22, 201412 yr Julius Caesar, Martin Luther, Johnathan Swift and mcpapa all suffer(ed) from Meniere's Disease.
June 22, 201412 yr The above - and many more - can be found at: Bizarre Trivia for the Day | Knowledge Speaks
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