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HOGANSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2016
Ursids Meteor Shower
Did You Know ?
Is More Jell-O Eaten Than Anywhere Else?
By JACK BAGLEY
, Before I get into this
i- week’s supply of trivia to
enchant, dazzle, and enter-
': tain you, I wanted to relate
.? this story of something that
“r actuallyhappenedtome. (It’s
my column, that’s why.)
Many of you may know
3 that, before getting into the
g. newspaper business, I was in
-‘ broadcasting in the
LaGrange area for about 40
5.: years. (Still am, part time.)
'Ien of those years were spent
ggdoing television news, so my
Efface is rather well-known.
Anyway, a few months
agago I was in the checkout line
fiat a supermarket when I had
Eéthe feeling someone was star-
E'Eéing at me. (You know how
E,that feels.) I turned around
. and a very nice lady was look-
' ing closely at me.
I asked, “Is there some-
thing I can do for you?”
She continued staring at
. me and asked, “Don’t I know
you?”
> ’ Before I could relate
she’d probably seen me on
television, she went on,
“Didn’t you used to be Jack
' Bagley?”
. How does one answer a
} question like that?
__ Anyway, onward with this
1 week’s trivia!
Did you know
the home of Bill Gates,
founder of Microsoft, was
V designed in part on a
Macintosh computer?
(Microsoft and Apple are bit-
ter competitors.)
it took Leonardo da
Vinci ten years to paint the
Mona Lisa? .
Christmas tree orna-
ments date back to the
Romans? During their festi-
val of Saturn, which coincidd
. With the, time now celebrat-
" ed as Chistmas, the Romans
' hung little masks of Bacchus
on pine trees.
the people of Des
mines, Iowa; consume the
largest amount of Jell-O in
the United States? (Well,
what else is there to do in
Iowa, anyway?)
President Calvin
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Coolidge was sworn into
office by his father? UpOn
hearing the news that
President Warren Harding
had died, Mr. Coolidge took
the oath of office in his .
Vermont home from his
father, a local county judge.
only 52% of Americans
drinkcoffee? (The other 48%
have trOuble staying awake
in the mornings.)
people do not get sick
from cold weather? Being
indoors more is the reason
for winter illnesses.
the seeds of the Indian
Lotus Tree can be planted
andwillgrow-up to400years
after they are formed?
koalas are not bears?
They are marsupials, like
kangaroos. And ,they get the
bulk of their nutrition from
eucalyptus leaves which
provide their food and water.
(Koala is an Aborigine word
meaning “no drink”)
the online search
engine Google got its name
from a number? The'
“googol” is a one with one
hundred zeroes after it.
the instruction tag for
several models of electric
hair dryer, actually say, “Do
not use in the shower, never
use while sleeping”? (You
know that means someone
actually did that, right?) '
the beloved Sesame
Street Muppets Bert and
Ernie were named after two
characters in the film, It’s A
Wonderful Life? Bert was the
cop, and Ernie was the cab
driver. (Jim Henson always
claimed it was coincidence,
but others say it was deliber-
ate.)
the sandwich was
invented in the 17005 by the
fourth Earl of Sandwich in
England? He put a hunk of
meat between two pieces of
bread so he wouldn’t have to
leave the table where he was
gambling just to eat. (Thanks
a lot, Earl!) .
the first paved road
anywhere is in Detroit,
Michigan? It’s now called
Woodward Avenue, but its
official designation is the M1.
the average eagle has
about 7,000 feathers?
the most nutritious part
of a potato is its skin?
almonds and pistachios ‘
are the only two nuts men-
tioned in the Bible?
a typical lightning bolt
is four inches wide and two
miles long?
the average cup of cof-
fee contains over 1,000 chem-
ical components? You can’t
taste any of them if they’re .
by themselves, but blended
together they give coffee its
flavor.
a “moment” and a
“jiffy” are actual measure-
ments of time? A moment is
one and a half minutes, while
a jiffy is one-one hundredth
of a second.
a glass bottle takes one
million years to decompose?
all Major League'
Baseball umpires must wear
black underwear while on the .
job? It’s in case they split
their pants. (Oh, the jokes I
could make right here ...)
the first cookbook in
the United States was pub-
lished in 1742?
the banjo is the only
truly American musical
instrument? It was invented
in the South in the 1790s.
the flower of the calla
lily is 8 feet high and 12 feet
wide? (That’s some garden!)
it was illegal to sell dolls
of the movie character ET.
in France? French law says
dolls must have human faces
to be put on sale.
the game of checkers
is older than the game of
chess?
... a million dollars in one-
dollar bills weighs about a
ton? (That’s where the say-
ing, “A ton of money,” came
from.) ’
values on the Monopoly
game board are the same as
they were when it was invent-
ed in 1935? (No wonder
Boardwalk is so cheap!)
shoestrings were
invented in England in 1790?
Prior to that, people buckled
their shoes on. (What did they
trip over, I wonder?)
Now you know!
And a very Merry
Christmas to all of you, from
all of me!
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Reaching Peak Ativity
By ANDY KOBER
Unfortunately, cloud cover over much of
the area prevented observation of the
Geminids Meteor Shower activity peak last
week, but the Ursids Meteor Shower is peak-
ing this week. '. _‘
The Ursids Meteor Shower generally
takes place from Dec. 17 until Dec. 25. It is
classified as a minor meteor shower.
Peak meteor activity is anticipated to take
place during the overnight hours of
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 21-22. Even
at peak activity, the shower only produces
about 5-10 meteors per hour.
ON DEC. 14, European Space Agency
released photos and images taken by the
Rosetta spacecraft as it approached Comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. One of the
spacecraft’s final messages indicated that a
large object was in its field of View, and of
course that was the comet.
The ESU had the spacecraft perform a
controlled crash on the surface of the comet.
Rosetta was launched on March 2, 2004.
The Rosetta spacecraft’s mission ended
447 million miles from Earth. Now it will pig-
gyback on the comet.
During its journey, the spacecraft passed
close to Mars and asteroids 21 Lutetia and
2867 Steins. Its lander module, Philae, per-
formed the first successful landing on a
comet.
THE International Space Station is cruis-
ing overhead.
To View the space station as it passes
overhead, visit
www.spotthestation.nasa.gov and enter
your zip code. When you do spot the space
station what you are actually seeing is the
reflection of the sun off the station’s solar
panels. ‘ ,
As always, to View celestial events, get
away from bright outdoor lights.
Still looking for a Christmas gift for a
growing boy or girl? Consider a telescope.
Small telescopes are relatively inex-
pensive and available at many discount and
sports stores or online. Good beginner tel-
escopes can be purchased for $60-$70, and
a really good one can be had for about $100.
Such a gift just might inspire the next
great astronomer.
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