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[User 149557]

• “Randy Feltface, a puppet in various Australian television shows“

 

[dixiehack]

“On June 22, 1953, a newspaper boy, collecting for the Brooklyn Eagle, at an apartment building at 3403 Foster Avenue in Brooklyn, was paid with a nickel that felt funny to him. When he dropped it on the ground, it popped open and contained microfilm inside. The microfilm contained a series of numbers. He told the New York City Police Department, which in two days told a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent about the strange nickel. The FBI was not able to link the nickel to KGB agents until a KGB (Committee on State Security of the Soviet Union) agent, Reino Häyhänen, wanted to defect to the West and the United States in May 1957”

 

[Songbird]

This is supposedly because in a study where respondents were asked to choose a random number from 1 to 20, 17 was the most common choice.

 

[dixiehack]

“At a SaigonUSO show in 1970, an opening act of GI musicians dedicated their first song to "Mr. Bob Hope" and proceeded to play the heavy metal antiwar classic by Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"

 

[I Should Coco]

“At a SaigonUSO show in 1970, an opening act of GI musicians dedicated their first song to "Mr. Bob Hope" and proceeded to play the heavy metal antiwar classic by Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"

Those GIs probably got more lyrics correct than this singer:



P.S. -- Bill Ward absolutely KILLS it in this live version!

 

[Huggy]

Those GIs probably got more lyrics correct than this singer:



P.S. -- Bill Ward absolutely KILLS it in this live version!

Man, does he ever. That's driving the band!

 

[dixiehack]

“In both 1995 and 1996, Justice had a higher batting average (in bold type) than Jeter did. However, when the two baseball seasons are combined, Jeter shows a higher batting average than Justice. According to Ross, this phenomenon would be observed about once per year among the possible pairs of players.”

 

[dixiehack]

“"Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden" redirects here. For the Epic Rap Battles of History episode, see Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden (Epic Rap Battles of History).”

 

[dixiehack]

• 1945 – Mike the Headless Chicken(pictured) was decapitated on a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

When this song was performed in Montreal on 6 July 1977, a disruptive fan angered Waters by throwing a beer bottle onto the stage. While the band played toward the climax of the song's jam section, Waters called the fan onto the stage through the microphone, then spat in his face after pretending to help him up.

 

[Songbird]

Among the personal belongings found in Drysdale's hotel room was a cassette tape of Robert F. Kennedy's victory speech after the 1968 California Democratic presidential primary, a speech given only moments before Senator Kennedy's assassination. In the speech, Kennedy had noted, to the cheers of the crowd, that Drysdale had pitched his sixth straight shutout that evening. Drysdale had apparently carried the tape with him wherever he went since Kennedy's assassination.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

In time, rumors spread that Euronymous had made a stew with bits of Dead's brain and had made necklaces with bits of his skull. The band later denied the former rumor but confirmed that the latter was true.

 

[dixiehack]

After the onset of World War II in 1939, Texaco's CEO, Torkild Rieber, admirer of Hitler, hired pro-Nazi assistants who cabled Berlin "coded information about ships leaving New York for Britain and what their cargoes were." This espionage easily enabled Hitler to destroy the ships.[16] In 1940, Rieber was forced to resign when his connections with German Nazism, and his illegal supply of oil to the fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War were made public by the Herald Tribune through information produced by British Security Coordination.[17][18][19] Life Magazine portrayed Rieber's resignation as unfair, advocating that he only dined with Westrick, and lent him a company car.

 

[dixiehack]

Kristen Scott Ousen II (born 1984) – Legendary semi-professional curling champion. Responsible for spreading the popularity of the sport in the Deep South. Ate 41 bratwursts during the Chicago Meat Slam in 1997, finishing in first place by 11 brats, beating the five consecutive year champion Mike Ditka. Donated $500,000 towards research on a cancer curing element found in unpasteurized cheese. Served as an alternate during the 2002 Winter Olympics for the US men's curling team and got his first opportunity to compete professionally after Tim Somerville sustained a career-ending injury during an attempted rescue of a family of the now extinct web-footed alpaca after a fire broke out at a local petting zoo in Harrisville, Utah. He scored once in the 8-3 loss to Canada. Co-wrote, performed and produced an unreleased album with Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas. On the experimental project, known as "Mr. Ham", Ousen is credited with recording keytar, clarinet, didgeridoo, and backup vocals. Live performances received limited airtime play on the Mannheim, German-based radio station Radio Regenbogen.

 

[User 149557]

“Following the completion of taping for the first season, massive geopolitical changes in the world—including the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the breakup of Yugoslavia—rendered the entire season geographically inaccurate.“

 

[Batman]

Although he could not get any acknowledgement from the chain of command, Alexander convinced medics to treat patients for mustard gas exposure and saved many lives as a result. He also preserved many tissue samples from autopsied victims at Bari. After World War II, those samples would result in the development of an early form of chemotherapy based on mustard, Mustine.[30]

 

[Slacker]

Hayes, 22, a jockey of Elmont, New York, died of a heart attack mid-race and collapsed on the horse, which nonetheless crossed the finish line first, still carrying his body.

 

[dixiehack]

During the fight, HBO's commentary team had to evacuate their ringside position (with George Foreman helping to protect his fellow commentators after unsuccessfully attempting to put an end to the fighting; the commentators' table was destroyed in the brawl), resulting in several minutes of commentary-free coverage of the melee before Jim Lampley was able to resume coverage of the incident from several levels above. Larry Merchant and Foreman remained in the ring providing coverage as tempers continued to flare into punch-ups between spectators. The credits rolled over footage of NYPD officers entering MSG and beginning to make arrests.

 

[dixiehack]

Boise City was founded in 1908 by developers J. E. Stanley, A. J. Kline, and W. T. Douglas (all doing business as the Southwestern Immigration and Development Company of Guthrie, Oklahoma) who published and distributed brochures promoting the town as an elegant, tree-lined city with paved streets, numerous businesses, railroad service, and an artesian well.[a] They sold 3,000 lots to buyers who discovered, on their arrival, that none of the information in the brochure was true. In addition to using false publicity, the three men did not have title to the lots they sold.

 

[I Should Coco]

Boise City was founded in 1908 by developers J. E. Stanley, A. J. Kline, and W. T. Douglas (all doing business as the Southwestern Immigration and Development Company of Guthrie, Oklahoma) who published and distributed brochures promoting the town as an elegant, tree-lined city with paved streets, numerous businesses, railroad service, and an artesian well.[a] They sold 3,000 lots to buyers who discovered, on their arrival, that none of the information in the brochure was true. In addition to using false publicity, the three men did not have title to the lots they sold.

But did the homes of their new town have blue turf?