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Trivia ...The Final Column:

I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You Why Are People In The Public Eye Said To Be “In The is the legendary character actor Christopher Lee, whose
Limelight”?
iconic characters include Count Dracula and Saruman.
Didn’t Know It Either Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and According to the list, Lee has died in movies 60 times
theatres by burning a cylinder of lime, which produced a When Did The Word “Dope” Originate?
Stanley Morgenbesser, brilliant light. In the theatre, a performer “in the limelight” There are quite a few ways to use the word “dope,”
submitted this – his 169th was the center of attention. but all of them are considered slang. It could be used
and final monthly column In Golf, Where Did The Term “Caddie” Originate? to describe a not-so-intelligent individual, and even be
– just several days before When Mary, Queen of Scots, went to France as a young shorthand for drugs. The original meaning of the word,
he passed away on Nov. girl, Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots however, is pretty different. Dope comes from the Dutch
21, 2020, at the age of 92, game “golf.” He had the first course outside of Scotland word doop, and accounts from 1807 define it as “sauce,
to once again be with his built for her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly gravy; any thick liquid.” During the 18th Century, it
beloved wife of 60 years, chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired was mostly used to describe any mixture of unknown
Birdi. The thousands of cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary ingredients. The use of “dope” as foolish first appeared
fascinating trivia facts liked this a lot, and when she returned to Scotland (not a in 1851, maybe for the notion “thick-headed.” The
that Stan presented over very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with association with drugs came later, around 1890, from the
the past 14 years have her. In French, the word cadet is pronounced “ca-day” and practice of smoking semi-liquid opium preparation.
informed and intrigued readers, many of whom will miss the Scots changed it to caddie. The Author Of Which Novel Locked All Of His Clothes
a remarkable man they never had the joy of knowing in Why Are Many Coin Collection Jar Banks Shaped Away So He Couldn’t Leave His House Until He
person. It is with the approval of Stan’s family – indeed, Like Pigs? Finished His Novel?
their feeling that it is what he would have wanted – that Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made In late 1830, Victor Hugo had a problem. He promised
we decided to publish this last column he prepared. of dense orange clay called “pygg.” When people saved his publisher a book by February, but he hadn’t even
Why Do People Clink Their Glasses Before Drinking coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as started it yet. So he collected all of his clothes and locked
A Toast? “pygg banks.” An English potter misunderstood the word, them away. He was left with nothing to wear except a large
In earlier times it was common for someone to try to made a container that resembled a pig, and it caught on. shawl. Lacking any clothing to go outdoors, Hugo was no
kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove Which Actor Has Died The Most Times On Screen? longer tempted to leave the house. The strategy worked.
to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a Danny Trejo has been killed on screen more times Hugo remained in his study each day, and wrote furiously
guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of than any other actor. Over the span of several decades, during the fall and winter of 1830. The Hunchback of Notre
the host. Both men would drink it simultaneously. When Trejo has appeared in dozens of movies, often as a bad Dame was published two weeks early, on Jan. 14, 1831.
a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the guy standing in the way of the hero. This has gotten him Which Fast Food Restaurant Did McDonald’s Own 90
host’s glass with his own. killed a whopping 65 times. Close behind Trejo on the list Percent Of Before Selling Its Stake In 2006?
In 1993, Steve Ells opened the first Chipotle Mexican
Grill in Denver, Colo., using an $85,000 loan from his
$59 concept, he needed money. That cash infusion came in the
father. In order for Ells to expand his promising fast casual
Introductory Massage form of an investment from fast food king McDonald’s.

The investment from the Golden Arches allowed Chipotle
to quickly expand, from 16 restaurants in 1998 to over
500 by 2005. By the time Chipotle went public in 2006,
McDonald’s owned more than 90 percent of the company.
In 2006, McDonalds’s sold their stake and parted ways
with the burrito chain.
What Percentage Of Police Officers In The U.S. Are
Women?
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, women
make up just 12.6 percent of all police officers. In recent
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www.drlaruffa.com Which Food Can Help You Lose Weight By Eating It?
Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to
eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
The same is true of apples.
How Much Money Was Spent In The U.S. On Mother’s
Day Gifts In 2019?
The National Retail Federation estimated that $23.6
billion was spent on Mother’s Day gifts last year, with
shoppers spending an average of $186.39 on their mothers.
A nationwide total of $4.6 billion of that was spent on
jewelry and $4.4 billion on dinners or brunches. As you
might have guessed, Mother’s Day is definitely a busy day
for flower shops. One-fourth of the year’s floral purchases
are made around Mother’s Day. Twenty-five percent of
their total sales are made around this holiday, according
to the Society of American Florists.
Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know
If a Google employee dies, his spouse gets half his
salary for the next 10 years. A blue whale’s heart is the
size of a VW Beetle and large enough that you could swim
through its arteries. There are 328 people named Abcde
in the U.S. There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in
an adult human body. Barry Manilow didn’t write his
song called I Write the Songs. “Bookkeeper” is the only
un-hyphenated word in the English language with three
consecutive double letters. More vehicles are stolen on
New Year’s Day than any other holiday. The luna moth
does not have a mouth and cannot eat; it will live only for
about one week, with the singular purpose of mating.

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