Pop Culture Trivia for February 21, 2014
► 1848 - The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary known as the Communist League.
► The Washington Monument was dedicated today in 1885. It was opened to the public about three years later. At 555 feet 5 1/8 inches, it was the tallest structure in the world until the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889. The 555-foot-high marble obelisk was first proposed in 1783, and had countless delays, including the American Civil War.
► 1948 - The National Association for Stock Car Racing - NASCAR - was founded.
► The structure of the DNA molecule was discovered by Francis Crick and James D. Watson in 1953
► In 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City
Joke of the Day:
Q: How did Dairy Queen get pregnant?
A: Burger King forgot to wrap his whopper.
Quote of the Day:
Fall is the spring of winter. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Random Daily Factoid:
Kangaroos and Emus cannot walk backwards.
Have a fangtastic Friday. Brock
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