AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CXXXIV

1. Launched in 1797, the frigate U.S.S. Constitution was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" because its wooden hull survived many sea battles.

2. U.S. nickels are are 75% copper and only 25% nickel.

3. Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams in Columbus, Mississippi. He changed his name to "Tennessee" in honor of his East Tennessee forbears.

4. Venetian blinds were invented in the 1700s in Persia. To this day, the French call Venetian blinds  "Les Persienes" - a tribute to their true place of origin.

5. The Woodstock Festival was held in Bethel, New York.

6. Big Ben is not the clock and not the tower,

    But the bell that strikes the hour.

 

7. 5,000 - FIVE THOUSAND - is the largest integer with no repeated letters when spelled out.

8. Colorado - the Centennial State - joined the Union in 1876 - on the (approximate) 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

9. Caesar Cardini was an Italian restaurateur, chef, and hotel owner  who, along with his brother Alex Cardini, is credited with creating his namesake Caesar salad at his Tijuana, Mexico restaurant on July 4, 1924 (exact date not verifiable). He moved to Mexico from California to avoid Prohibition.

10. There are 216 stitches on a baseball.