Trivia
For You
Friday December 19, 2008 |
| Apache chief Geronimo's Indian name, Goyathlay, in English means "one who yawns." The Mexicans gave him the name Geronimo, which in Spanish means "Jerome." |
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| The duffel bag got its name from the Belgian town of Duffel, where the coarse, thicknapped woolen fabric used for the bags was manufactured. |
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| Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English art writer and landscape painter, noted, "If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering, outspoken, honest fellow -- but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much." |
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| In 1944, Major Clark Gable's army discharge papers were signed by president-to-be Ronald Reagan, then a captain. |
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| The bluefin tuna swims with its mouth partly open, relying on ramjet ventilation, unlike slower fish, which force water through their gills to remove oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Since seawater contains only about 2.5 percent as much oxygen it needs from the volume of water flowing through its mouth, the bluefin has proportionately one of the largest gill areas of any fish. |
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