What's everybody's favorite root beer? It's A and TRIVIA QUIZ!
Today is Colorado Day. Colorado became the 38th U.S. state during this week in 1876.
Welcome, all you Denver folks!
Today is National Root Beer Float Day.
On this day in 1989, the Boston Red Sox retired Carl Yastrzemski's #8.
On this day in 2002, a young English couple, both 19, who thought they had planned a 3-week vacation in Sydney, Australia, with an online travel agent, landed instead in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The couple quickly decided to vacation in Canada and try the Australian trip another time.
Here's some trivia for ya: Which president was the only one ever to hold a patent? Bonus points if you can figure out what the patent was for.
Good luck :)
2 Comments:
I'm going to guess Woodrow Wilson, who invented the plastic ball used by hedgehogs everywhere :)
No? Points for creativity, at least?
It's actually Abraham Lincoln, who invented a hydraulic device for lifting ships over shoals. This was surprising to me since he was from the midwest. Hmm!
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