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I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You Didn’t Know It Either

Fascinating trivia facts Thunberg gained international attention for excoriating in 1956 while his grandfather was campaigning for
compiled by Stanley world leaders for their inaction in the climate crisis in a re-election. They were both 8 at the time. They started
Morgenbesser viral speech she made at the United Nations. Thunberg is dating in 1966, when they were both college freshmen,
the magazine’s youngest choice ever to be named Person and became engaged a year later. The couple are still
How Much Salary Did of the Year. The other four final candidates for person of married, have three children and live in Pennsylvania.
Steven Spielberg Receive the year were Nancy Pelosi, President Donald Trump,
For Directing The Movie the whistleblower who revealed Trump’s dealings with Where Did Vincent Van Gogh Produce His Most
Schindler’s List? Ukraine, and the Hong Kong protesters. Famous Paintings?
Spi e l be rg wa s not After the ear incident came hospitalization, and,
comfortable with taking a When And Why Did The New York Times Start following that, Van Gogh voluntarily went into a mental
salary or any royalties from Publishing Crossword Puzzles? institution. The more than 100 paintings he produced
the film. He did not want The New York Times wasn’t complimentary early in during this period include some of his most celebrated
the film to be done as a way to earn money, and so refused the days of crossword puzzles when it said it was not a works, including The Starry Night, which was acquired
pay and refused to profit personally from the film. Instead, game or sport and was a sinful waste of time to look for by New York City’s Museum of Modern Art in 1941, and
he funneled the profits into forming a charity called the letters to words that fit into a pattern. By the following Irises, which was purchased by an Australian industrialist
Shoah Foundation, which was and still is based at USC. year, nine dailies in Manhattan and 14 additional large in 1987 for a then-record sum of $53.9 million.
The Shoah Foundation’s purpose is to record testimony newspapers were offering crosswords. The New York
from Holocaust survivors. Times, ever stubborn, declared crosswords dead in 1929 Was Celebrating Christmas Ever Considered Illegal?
and held out for many years before including them in By the time the Puritans settled Boston, celebrating
How Long Was The Wright Brothers’ First Flight? the newspaper. In 1942 following the bombing of Pearl Christmas was outlawed. From 1659 to 1681, anyone
In 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first successful flight Harbor, The Times decided that publishing crossword caught making merry would face a fine for celebrating
in history of a self-propelled airplane 20 feet above a beach puzzles was a good idea to occupy people’s minds and the once-pagan day. And after the Revolutionary War,
near Kitty Hawk, N.C. The inaugural flight lasted 12 seconds give them something to do if a blackout occurred. the new Congress found the day so unimportant that they
and covered 120 feet. Three more flights were made that day, even held the first session on Dec. 25, 1789. Christmas
with Orville’s brother Wilbur piloting the longest one, which Which U.S. Presidents Have Descendants Who Are wasn’t proclaimed a federal holiday for nearly another
lasted 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. Married To Each Other? century.
Julie Nixon is married to David Eisenhower. Julie
Who Did TIME Magazine Select As “Person Of The Nixon was the daughter of Richard M. Nixon, who was Which President Banned Christmas Trees In The
Year” For 2019? running for president at the time of the wedding. Her White House?
Sixteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist groom was the grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Julie President Theodore Roosevelt, an avid outdoorsman
Greta Thunberg was named TIME’s Person of the Year. and David met at the Republican National Convention and environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the
White House during his presidency. The president feared
that real Christmas trees would lead to deforestation.
suit what is most important to you. We are celebrating our fourth Roosevelt refused to display a Christmas tree in the White
decade of providing the highest level of care to our clients. House, fearing that to do so would be sending the wrong
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Allows for Multiple employer sponsored retirement plans. you navigate each stage of life.
Moves the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) starting age Is the financial planning process new to you, or are you simply Who Received The First Speeding Ticket In The
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