"Leave only three wasps alive in the whole of Europe and the air of Europe will still be more crowded with wasps than space is with stars." James Jeans ** HOW TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION OF A KEY SO YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPRESSION OF IT
"Neat attention to detail: when The Jackal is making an impression of a key (at 00:32:00) he first rubs it against the area between his lower lip and chin, one of the more oily parts of the skin. This is because - when making a clay impression - the clay or the key needs to be lubricated, or the clay risks sticking to the metal and ruining the impression. The natural oils of the skin provides that lubrication here."
Trivia, ImbD site – The Day of The Jackal
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"Dressing a pool player in a tuxedo is like putting whipped cream on a hot dog." Minnesota Fats **
FROM FRED E. MAGEL OF RIVER FOREST
“My father was a restaurant buff and a builder. I served the late Duncan Hines grading key restaurants. Perhaps I’ve dined in more restaurants than anyone else in history.” “That is entirely possible, since Mr. Magel has eaten in more than Forty thousand restaurants and is listed as the champion restaurant Patron in the Guinness Book of Records. ‘I’m the only one in the book,’ he tells us, ‘who breaks his own record daily.”
American History (October 1975) ** THE FIRST PILLOWS
"The earliest pillows can be traced to Mesopotamia — the region known as the “cradle of civilization,” centered in modern-day Iraq — around 7000 BCE. These curved stone bolsters served a practical purpose: keeping bugs and vermin out of the mouths, eyes, and noses of the wealthy. Ancient Egyptians improved on the formula some 5,000 years later with the elevated headrest. Made of wood or stone, the Egyptian headrest consisted of a base and stem attached to a cradle to raise the user’s head. Most Egyptian headrests consisted of a flat, rectangular base with a straight shaft and curved neckpiece, and the user’s head was meant to mimic the sun rising in the horizon. The Egyptians also added a spiritual element to pillow use, often placing them in the tombs of the deceased; Pharaoh Tutankhamun was laid to rest with no fewer than eight ancient pillows in his tomb. Ancient Egyptians believed that protecting the head was essential even in the afterlife. Headrests were also thought to dispel demons, and many were adorned with images of Egyptian gods such as Bes and Taweret, believed to banish evil from the dark night in both life and death."
HISTORY FACTS WEBSITE (April 3, 2024) hello@historyfacts.com ** BANNING MONOPOLY
" MONOPOLY IS ONE OF THOSE GAMES THAT CAN CAUSE ALL KINDS OF ARGUMENTS, AND IT’S OFTEN BANNED IN HOMES BY PARENTS WHO ARE SICK OF ALL THE FIGHTING. MONOPOLY ISN’T CURRENTLY BANNED IN CHINA, BUT IT WAS FOR A LONG TIME IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY. THE EXACT DATES AREN’T CLEAR BUT THE REASON FOR THE BAN WAS BECAUSE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY VIEWED THE GAME AS BEING IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO ITS IDEALS. ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT DECIDED THAT THE CAPITALISM MONOPOLY PROMOTED DIDN’T FIT WITH ITS VALUES WAS CUBA UNDER FIDEL CASTRO. CASTRO TOOK THINGS A STEP FURTHER, AS WHEN HE TOOK OVER IN 1959 HE NOT ONLY BANNED THE GAME BUT ALSO ORDERED THAT ALL COPIES OF THE GAME BE DESTROYED, AS HE DIDN’T WANT A SINGLE VERSION OF THE MONOPOLY GAME IN THE COUNTRY. MONOPOLY HAD BEEN A REALLY POPULAR GAME IN CUBA BEFORE THIS POINT, AND SO IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT IN SPITE OF THE BAN AN UNOFFICIAL VERSION OF THE GAME WAS RELEASED, CALLED CAPITOLIO."
WISE TRIVIA (AUGUST 28, 2024) SOURCE: MONOPOLY LAND ** THE OLDEST AMUSEMENT PARK
THE OLDEST AMUSEMENT PARK DATES BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY AMUSEMENT PARKS AS WE KNOW THEM TODAY ARE A FAIRLY MODERN CONCEPT, BUT THEY STARTED EVOLVING FROM TRAVELING FAIRS AND PLEASURE GARDENS IN EUROPE CENTURIES AGO. THE DANISH PARK DYREHAVSBAKKEN, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS BAKKEN, OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1583 AS A PLEASURE GARDEN KNOWN FOR ITS NATURAL SPRING WATERS. NOT LONG AFTER, VENDORS STARTED SETTING UP BOOTHS FOR SELLING THEIR WARES AND PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT ALIKE. OVER THE YEARS, THE PARK TRANSITIONED FROM A PLEASURE GARDEN TO A FAIR TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK, AND IS NOW CONSIDERED THE WORLD’S OLDEST AMUSEMENT PARK. YOU WON’T FIND MUCH, IF ANY, 1500S NOSTALGIA THERE TODAY, BUT BAKKEN HAS MAINTAINED ONE TRADITION OVER AT LEAST 200 YEARS: PJERROT THE WHITE-FACED CLOWN, A CHARACTER WHO VISITS THE PARK EVERY DAY. ITS OLDEST RIDE IS A WOODEN ROLLER COASTER FROM 1932. BAKKEN ALSO AVOIDS MANY MODERN AMUSEMENT PARK ARCHETYPES: THE VENDORS ARE SMALL, INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES, AND THE AESTHETIC IS MORE SIMPLE THAN FLASHY.
HTTPS://INTERESTINGFACTS.COM/AMUSEMENT-PARK-FACTS/ ** NEXT DOOR TO FORGOTTEN
"One is revered today, the other next door to forgotten." Kenneth Turan, writing about Buster Keaton & Max Davidson
I have lived in this house All my life, I can list the furniture Alphabetically. It still has
An attic sealed off & basement Half flooded out. The cellar contains boxes Of unread books I had meant
To sell years ago: The Hardy Boys, Motor boating to Adventures: The Twisted Claw. Then my chapbooks. Whoever buys
Those poems will be called crazy For wasting his Or hers or their hard earned money. Anonymity from A to Z:
Even my neighbors Do not realize What I do or how little I earn From my Muse-driven labors.
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