Wednesday, May 28, 2014

F. Y. I.

Quotable
by  Kurt Vonnegut, American writer (1922-2007)
"There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look."

First Up
The very first TV commercial, for Bulova watches, aired in the middle of a baseball game between the Dodgers and Phillies in 1941 and cost $9.

Family Ties
Many of the pygmy hippos in U.S. zoos are descendants of the one tire mogul Harvey Firestone gave to President Calvin Coolidge in 1927.

Name Change
The popular game bingo was originally called Beano because players used beans to cover the numbered squares.

Celebrate This
On May 20th, is Pick Strawberries Day!

Film Fever
India's Bollywood industry is the largest in the world, producing more than 800 movies a year.

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