Trivia
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Wednesday January 13, 2010 |
| Just one episode of the macabre but popular Alfred Hitchcock Presents was never shown. It was titled "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and was about a retarded boy who watched a magician saw a man in half and then killed someone trying to duplicate the trick. CBS refused to allow it on television, saying it was too morbid to air. |
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| The sun burns 9 million tons of gas a second. At this rate, it has been estimated it will burn out in another 10 billion years. |
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| Decorating and coloring eggs for Easter was the custom in England during the Middle Ages. In 1290, the household accounts of Edward I recorded an expenditure of eighteen pence for 450 eggs to be gold-leafed and colored for Easter gifts. |
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| King George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte to use as a comfortable family home close to St. James's Palace, where many court functions were held. Buckingham House became known as the "Queen's House," and 14 of George's 15 children were born there. In 1762, work began on remodeling the house to the King’s requirements, to designs by Sir William Chambers at a cost of £73,000. Buckingham House later became Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns, in 1837. Queen Victoria was the first British monarch to take up residence in Buckingham Palace. |
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| Roger Bannister was the first man to break the four-minute mile, however he did not break the four-minute mile in an actual race. On May 6, 1954, he ran 3:59.4 while being carefully paced by other runners. Bannister's quarter-mile splits were 57.5 seconds, 60.7, 62.3, and 58.9. Twenty-three days after Bannister had run the most famous mile of all time, his fellow Briton, Diane Leather, became the first woman to break five minutes with a 4:59.6 seconds, in Birmingham, England, on May 29, 1954. In the forty-plus years since the two British runners broke these significant marks, women's times have improved by a far higher percentage than men's. |
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