To the best of my reading knowledge, all of the following are factual, except one that is the answer to “Themer’s bonus answers collection.”
1. In 1961, “The Shirelles,” an all-young-women group, singers known for Rhythm & Blues, had a big hit tune on the charts, and it said simply: “I don’t worry, ‘cause Mama said there’ll be days like this.”
2. May 22 is National Solitaire Day.
3. The 1st McDonald’s opened in 1940 in California.
4. Charles Strite, in 1919, had the idea for a pop-up toaster that toasted both sides of the bread at one time and ejected the finished product.
5. Humans invented the “wheel” in 3500 B. C.
6. The first “powered” aircraft debuts in 1903— the Wright Brothers.
7. Monarch butterflies migrate south, just as birds do.
8. “Friends” sitcom aired its final episode in 2004— 236th.
9. Robert Frost penned the line, “Nature’s first green is gold.”
10. In 1921 Congress approved the burial of one unknown service man from World War One in a tomb at the cemetery’s new Memorial Amphitheatre.
11. Secretariat holds the record for the fastest Kentucky Derby time at 1:59.4 in 1973.
12. The “bight” is any part of a rope between the ends or the curved section of a rope in a knot.
13. Charles Perrault of France published the book—Tales of My Mother Goose—1697—1st recorded use of her name.
14. You can “dry shampoo” your hair with corn starch.
15. You can make a quick, effective deodorant, using cornstarch under your arms.
16. Remove chewing gum with full-strength vinegar rubbing.
17. “Early” farmers painted their barns to protect the wood from the elements, using skimmed milk, lime, and iron oxide (red tint) earth pigments.
18. 1792 marks the first publication of Farmer’s Almanac.
19. “Old” was added in front (of the almanac) in 1832.
20. Labor Day, one day no one plans to work, was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland.
21. 1842—Lydia Maria Child (“rights” activist and writer) wrote the poem, “Over the river, and through the wood,” that ends with a shout, “Hurrah for the pumpkin pie.”
22. The expression, “raining cats and dogs,” became popular in the 1700s when Jonathan Swift used it in a satire!
23. Cranberries are native American plants, members of the “heath” family, and related to blueberries and huckleberries; they are anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and antioxidant!
24. The Moon does not have a permanent “dark side.” It has a ”far side.”
25. Meteors are not hot when they land; sub-zero temperatures of the “lower atmosphere” cool them before they hit the ground!
26. Taking in nutrients causes TREES to shake and wiggle and move, which causes the “blowing” wind!
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