AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING LV

1. There is no statue of limitations for murder.

2. Oil wrestling is the national sport of Turkey.

3. "Gunsmoke" ran on CBS for twenty seasons (1955-1975), becoming the longest-running prime-time television western in history.  At 6'7'', James Arness (Marshal Matt Dillon), is the tallest actor to play a leading role on television. 

4. The British settlement of Roanoke Island, N.C. mysteriously disappeared between the time of its founding (1587) and the return of the expedition's leader (1590). The only trace of the lost colony was the word "Croatoan" carved on a tree.

5. The National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year is named for Rube Goldberg, the society's first president and designer of the statuette.

6. In baseball, the Triple Crown is the unofficial title for leading the league in batting average, home runs, and and runs batted in.

7. The Howdy Doody Show ran from 1947-1960 (2,543 episodes). Clarabell the Clown was played by Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo. Princess Summer-Fall-Winer-Spring's father was Chief Thunderthud - played by Bill LeConec. He and head writer Eddie Kean coined the term KAWABONGA as a word to express surprise or anger. Surfers modified it to COWABUNGA - no doubt influenced by the Howdy Doody show they grew up watching.

8. Paul Gauguin was a stock broker.

9. John Keats was a pharmacist.

10. Christopher Wren was an astronomer.

11. Henry David Thoreau worked in a pencil factory.

12. Jack London was a longshoreman.

13. Robert Burns was a tax collector.

 

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