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Fun Facts about our Furry Friends!
Dogs were one of the first animals domesticated by humans and have been domesticated for some 10,000 years.
The Saluki, the name deriving from the Arabic word meaning ‘noble one', is the oldest known breed of dog. In ancient Egypt, they were bred as hunting dogs.
Fun Facts about Marilyn!
Ella and Marilyn.With Black History month being February, I thought this would be a fitting blog for me to post about Marilyn. She made great big steps toward embracing diversity and would not tolerate any type of discrimination in her life. That's beauty to me.Fun Facts About Connecticut
- State Name origin : Connecticut was an established name early in the 1600's in particular reference to the Connecticut River. The word itself was translated from the Indian name "Quinnehtukqut" and means "beside the long tidal river." -Connecticut's motto is Qui Transtulit Sustinet -- "He Who Transplanted Still Sustains".Fun Facts
Source: Radar magazine - April 2008
The Writing Life
A sampling of little known tidbits about literary giants, from Secret Lives of Great Authors (Quirk, April).
=> Luisa May Alcott was addicted to opium.
=> Lord Byron collected the pubic hair of his female conquests.
Christina Aguilera: Five Fun Facts
-When Christina Aguilera was a member of The New Mickey Mouse Club in the mid-'90s, the other members nicknamed her "Diva." -Christina Aguilera has five tattoos: "Xtina" on the back of her neck; one above her left hip; one on her left wrist; "Te Amo Siempre" on her left elbow and a Hebrew psalm lyric meaning "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" on her lower back. -By 2004, Christina Aguilera had 11 piercings removed with the exception of the one in her right nipple.Ryan Phillippe: Five Fun Facts
-Growing up, Ryan Phillippe fought off bullies with his black belt in tae kwon do. -"I have no qualms," Ryan Phillippe told USA Weekend of being exposed to the mysteries of womanhood. "I watched three sisters [Kristen, Lindsay and Katelyn] go through puberty, being dumped by boyfriends, PMS, everything."Fun Facts about Miss Monroe! Take 3!
:star: Here are some of Marilyn's belongings that they found in her trunk, apparently she had put them there when she was moving out of her house that she had lived in with Arthur Miller after their divorce. Belongings that were in Marilyn's trunk when she moved from Arthur's to her own home in Los Angeles.Looks like Marilyn liked a little bit of her own celebrity gossip! heheSome of the "Golden Age" actors included in the Booklet were Clark Gable and Joan CrawfordShe kept some old clippings from the paper and she circled which articles she was in.Here is her camera!Fun Facts about Marilyn Monroe
:star: She is famous for her lovely blonde locks, but did you know that Marilyn Monroe, formerly known as Norma Jeane Dougherty, was reluctant to dye her hair from its natural color? She was advised by the Blue Book Modeling agency in 1946 to dye her hair lighter because it would be more appealing on her and would probably lead to more jobs for her in Hollywood. She was a feminist at heart and did not want to stray too far from her natural look...interesting isn't it?
Website of the Day: Learn Something New Every Day
I've already confessed my love for mood-boosting sites and sites that deliver daily doses of awesomeness, so it's natural that I'm loving this site from the UK, Learn Something Every Day.
Each day features a new fun fact illustrated on a bright background. For example: "The film Titanic cost more than the Titanic itself," and, "Penguins are able to jump two meters high."
Smart Men Make Passes At Women In Glasses
Metaphor: Smart Men Make Passes at Women with Glasses
An Interview with Christine B. Whelan, author of 'Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women'
Meet Christine Whelan—an attractive, 29-year-old woman with a doctorate from Oxford University. When I spoke with her she happened to be single, having been dumped two years earlier by a man who told her she was intellectually intimidating.
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