Many years after Kaufman and Lawler appeared on “Late Night,” Lawler revealed their feud was entirely staged and that the pair were actually close friends, according to The Los Angeles Times. It made sense: The theatrical nature of Kaufman’s work and that of the wrestling world were a match made…
Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball player who had a net worth equal to $6 million at the time of his death (adjusting for inflation). In a report from ESPN, the contract, which was sold early Monday morning, was much more than what Robinson was offered by the Dodgers…
Das direkte Objekt ist das Akkusativobjekt. Dass heißt, das direkte Objekt ist der- oder dasjenige, um das es in dem Satz geht. Das indirekte Objekt ist das Dativobjekt und bezeichnet mit wem etwas etwas passiert. 1) Das indirekte Objekt kann im Deutschen anders als das direkte Objekt nicht zum Subjekt…
Not all of the settlers were strong enough to escape, however, and those left behind were forced to cannibalize the frozen corpses of their comrades while waiting for further help. All told, roughly half of the Donner Party’s survivors eventually resorted to eating human flesh. There’s also reason to believe…
Brandon was born on February 1, 1965, at East Oakland Hospital in Oakland, California, the son of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee (1940–1973) and Linda Lee Cadwell (née Emery). Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee, died in March 1993 at age 28 after he was accidentally wounded by…
The Mayflower Compact—once called the “Plymouth Combination”—is the first constitution known to have been written in the New World. Drafted aboard the Mayflower before the Pilgrims from Holland and their fellow travelers landed in North America, it was signed on November 11, 1620, by the 41 men on the ship.…
The thylacine was a carnivorous, marsupial mammal found in Australia. Its scientific name is Thylacinus cynocephalus, meaning ‘dog-headed pouched dog’. It bore a superficial resemblance to tigers (dark stripes across its back) and wolves (shape of the skull). Both canids (wolf or dog-like animals) and tigers have placentas but the…
The Rise of Big Business had brought positive benefits to the economy of the nation and helped to improve the lifestyles of many Americans but their power also led to the abuse of workers and the corruption of the political system. For additional facts and information refer to Industrialization in…
As of 2016, London has never been married and has no children. She discussed being single, the importance of personal style, and her past struggles with eating disorders in her second book, a memoir, titled The Truth About Style. London was born in New York City on May 25, 1969.…
His experiment was a little too successful and some two hundred students at Elwood P. Cubberley Senior High joined The Third Wave with disastrous effects. Jones describes the experiment as “one of the most frightening events experienced in the classroom” (source). In the book, Ben Ross will show his class…