Little known trivia that is interesting

[hoops5]

My grandfather came to the U.S. from Ireland on a steamship called "The Carpathia".

Anyone know the historic significance of that ship?

[Voice of Reason]

Vinnie Del Negro's dad played for Coach Rupp.

 

So did Cris Collinsworth's dad - played on the 1958 National Champions.

[Voice of Reason]

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?

[hoops5]

Was it the first ship to the scene of the Titanic sinking?

 

Indeed!

[Jumper_Dad]

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.

[Bengal Maniac]

Haogy Carmichael wrote the song "Georgia on mY Mind" not for the state of Georgia but his sister Georgia.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

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!

[Clyde]

Luther Vandross sang backup on "Young American" by David Bowie.

[mcpapa]

If Hillary wins, I'm seriously considering moving to New Zealand.

 

kiwidoc

[mcpapa]

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.

[mcpapa]

Women shoplifters outnumber male shoplifters by about 4 to 1.

[mcpapa]

Julius Caesar, Martin Luther, Johnathan Swift and mcpapa all suffer(ed) from Meniere's Disease.

[mcpapa]

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

[mcpapa]

The average person is about a quarter inch taller at night.

[mcpapa]

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