Things you can learn from a packet of instant oatmeal # 5
Here is another little known fact regarding U.S. presidents. Did you know the U.S. treasury used to print a $100,000 bill with a portrait of Chester Arthur, our 21st president from 1881-1885? Just kidding, that was just for Danny's benefit regarding the comment he left on the previous post. : ) It was actually a portrait of Woodrow Wilson, our 28th president from 1913-1921. These bills are no longer in circulation. Wouldn't you like to have one of those?
Mother's Day was started by a West Virginia woman, Anna Jarvis, in 1907. In 1914, it was established as a national observance by president Chester... I mean Woodrow Wilson.
Did you know that King Henry III of France, Louis XIV of France, and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia which is more commonly known as fear of cats.
What letters should you call out when playing Wheel of Fortune? When you buy a vowel, you may want to consider that one out of every eight letters used in English is an e. Want proof, out of the 83 letters I used in the previous sentence there were 11 e's not counting the last one.
Mother's Day was started by a West Virginia woman, Anna Jarvis, in 1907. In 1914, it was established as a national observance by president Chester... I mean Woodrow Wilson.
Did you know that King Henry III of France, Louis XIV of France, and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia which is more commonly known as fear of cats.
What letters should you call out when playing Wheel of Fortune? When you buy a vowel, you may want to consider that one out of every eight letters used in English is an e. Want proof, out of the 83 letters I used in the previous sentence there were 11 e's not counting the last one.
posted by whaaaat! at
7:49 AM
5 Comments:
This is great trivia for those few extra minutes I have in class.
Keep 'em coming!
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Fred, at 10:52 AM
I say, "Let's hear it for Chester A. Arthur!"
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Joe, at 12:46 PM
The $10,000 has Salmon P. Chase on it.
Chase was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under Licoln who ruled paper money unconstitutional.
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Anonymous, at 1:00 PM
Hmmm... I once had a cat that was afraid of Napoleon.
Great stuff. Keep it coming!
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Danny Sims, at 5:54 PM
Salmon P. Chase was first the Secretary of Treasury under Lincoln (he had originally ran against him). He put his own portrait on the $1.00 bill, some think in an attemt to gain recognition for future elections. The Treasury Department later decided that only deceased presidents should be on currency, which was overridden by the then Secretary of the Treasury. They kept his portrait on the $10,000 bill.
This information comes to you thanks to Jozelle Brister, my economics professor at ACU; although I am still uncertain of the laws of supply and demand, the difference between GNP and GDP, and whole host of other pertinent concepts of economics.
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Travis Crow, at 6:25 AM
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