Pop Culture Trivia for February 22, 2014
► January 6, 1759 is the day that middle class 27 year old George Washington married rich widow (also 27) Martha Dandridge Curtis, and became a wealthy man (he was already a war hero)
► 1819 - Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams signed the Florida Purchase Treaty, giving the United States control of all of Florida.
► In 1956, Elvis Presley debuted on the music charts with 'Heartbreak Hotel'
► 1959 - Lee Petty defeated Johnny Beauchamp in a photo finish at the brand new Daytona International Speedway in Florida to win the first-ever Daytona 500.
► Samuel Byrck unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon in 1974
► 1980 - The 'Miracle on Ice' The US Men's Hockey Team won a 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Two days later, the Americans went on to beat Finland and take home the gold medal.
► Best New Artist Grammy was awarded to song and dance performers Milli Vanilli on February 22, 1990
► 2006 - iTunes sold its BILLIONTH music download. 16 year old Alex Ostrovsky of West Bloomfield, bought "Speed of Sound" by Coldplay. He later got a phone call from Steve Jobs and won a lot of iPod and Mac stuff.
► At least six men staged Britain's biggest bank robbery ever in 2006, stealing the equivalent of 92 million American dollars from a security depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
Joke of the Day:
Once there was a little boy who lived in the country. They had to use an outhouse, and the little boy hated it because it was hot in the summer, cold in the winter and stank all the time. The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a creek and the boy determined that one day he would push that outhouse into the creek.
One day after a spring rain, the creek was swollen so the little boy decided today was the day to push the outhouse into the creek. So he got a large stick and started pushing. Finally, the outhouse toppled into the creek and floated away.
That night his dad told him they were going to the woodshed after supper. Knowing that meant a spanking, the little boy asked why. The dad replied, "someone pushed the outhouse into the creek today. It was you, wasn't it, son?" The boy answered yes. Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I read in school today that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and didn't get into trouble because he told the truth." The dad replied, "Well son, George Washington's father wasn't in that cherry tree!"
Quote of the Day:
According to Archimedes' principle, what happens when you jump in a bathtub full of water? Answer: The phone rings. Anonymous
Random Daily Factoid:
About twenty-five percent of the population sneezes when they are exposed to light.
Have a fangtastic Saturday! Brock
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