1- His full name is Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech. 2- All of the watches in The Persistence of Memory tell different times. 3- He was famous for his long curly mustache. 4- He wrote an autobiography called The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. Where did Salvador Dalí…
Sixties rocker David Crosby, who has a small role in the movie Hook, continues his acting efforts with a guest appearance on Tuesday’s episode of Roseanne. He plays the husband of Bonnie Sheridan – a ’60s rocker herself – who makes guest appearances as a waitress on the ABC comedy.…
The Kyoto Protocol mandated that 37 industrialized nations plus the EU cut their GHG emissions. Developing nations were asked to comply voluntarily, and more than 100 developing countries, including China and India, were exempted from the Kyoto agreement altogether. What countries did not sign the Kyoto Protocol? In other words,…
As a result, Robert Daly’s consciousness likely ceases to exist, rendering him comatose in the real world. For good measure, the Do Not Disturb notice on his door results in his body being left to slowly die of thirst, guaranteeing his death in both the virtual world and reality. ik9744…
It’s established in Unbreakable that David Dunn’s weakness is water, but I’m not sure anybody was quite prepared for seeing the character ultimately defeated in Glass by being drowned in a simple puddle of water. It certainly wasn’t a heroic or noble end for the superhero character. David Dunn was…
Beelzebufo ampinga, the so-called “devil frog,” may be the largest frog that ever lived. These beach-ball-size amphibians, now extinct, grew to 16 inches (41 centimeters) in length and weighed about 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms). The ancient devil frogs may have snatched lizards, small vertebrates, and possibly even hatchling dinosaurs with…
There’s a knock on the door. It’s Damon, and the brothers embrace, together again and at peace. Time has passed, although it’s not clear how much. The implication is that Damon lived a long and happy life and has died, only to be reunited with his younger brother in the…
The earliest known paternal ancestor was Gabriel Gustave de Crocketagne, whose son Antoine de Saussure Peronette de Crocketagne was given a commission in the Household Troops under French King Louis XIV. Antoine married Louise de Saix and immigrated to Ireland with her, changing the family name to Crockett. His son…
The famous frontiersman Daniel Boone dies in Missouri. On September 26, 1820 the great pioneering frontiersman Daniel Boone dies quietly in his sleep at his son’s home near present-day Defiance, Missouri. Made a legend in his own time by John Filson’s Boone Autobiography and Lord Byron’s depiction of him as…
The coonskin cap quickly became a part of the iconic image associated with American frontiersmen such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. Boone did not actually wear coonskin caps, which he disliked, and instead wore felt hats, but explorer Meriwether Lewis wore a coonskin cap during the Lewis and Clark…