Other Stuff

This is my blog where I write about anything else I feel like writing about which probably isn't much. I'm kind of like quotes and facts and trivia so I'll probably include a lot of that here.

The longest inauguration speech in presidential history was by William Henry Harrison in 1841. He talked for 2 hours! And for some reason he wasn't even wearing a wintercoat and caught pnuemonia. He never recovered and after just one month in office he died.

"I always wanted to kill Hitler"-Tom Cruise

The term "Ponzi scheme" is named after Carlo Ponzi, an Italian immigrant who, in the early part of the 20th Century bilked thousands of New Englanders out of 15 million dollars.

Chinese Checkers were invented in England.

Flamingoes are pink because they eat shrimp.

Karate means “open hand”.

Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was “Moon”.

More fun facts some other time.....