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Did You Know? Street Signs
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| The placement of the exit sign gives valuable information to the driver |
If the exit sign is side by side another exit sign with no mileage to say how far the exit is, the sign on the left indicates the exit is on the left and the sign on the right indicates the exit is on the right.
If both signs show mileage, for example, one says "Exit in 2 miles" and the other sign says "Exit in 3 miles," both exits are on the right.
If both signs show mileage, for example, one says "Exit in 2 miles" and the other sign says "Exit in 3 miles," both exits are on the right.
However, the sign with the earliest mileage of 2 miles will be first on the right, and the sign that says 3 miles will be after the first exit.
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Did You Know? Heinz Ketchup
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| The "57" on the Heinz Tomato Ketchup is on a special spot |
The "57" on the Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottle has a special function. If you tap the spot three times when the bottle is in the down position, it makes the ketchup come out.
It's called a bottle well and many bottles have them to facilitate the product to come out of the bottle faster or to prevent gasses from building up inside and keep the bottle from exploding.
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A Most Unique Castle
At first glance, this most unique castle looks like it was built into the side of a mountain. But it wasn't. It was built into the opening of a cave.
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| Predjama Castle, Slovenia dates back to 1274 AD |
Located in Slovenia, Predjama Castle dates back to 1570 AD, but it wasn't the first castle built there. It's the second. The first was built in 1274 AD.
According to their website, the castle is set 123 meters high and was built into the side of Postojna Cave because it provided the castle with some protection, even though one would think that it is highly unlikely that the castle would ever be attacked. But it was, in fact, multiple times.
Bats make their home in the cave and in the tunnels that run behind and underneath the castle. They were used by knights to go on expeditions and to take refuge during attacks.
The castle has had a few owners in its history including knights who were robber barons. The castle was refurbished after years of laying in ruins. Today it has been used in movies, TV shows, and music videos. It also plays host to couples for their weddings.
The website pictures of Predjama Castle are awesome and you can see them here.
The Postojna cave pictures are just as spectacular and offers a train ride that looks thrilling.
According to their website, the castle is set 123 meters high and was built into the side of Postojna Cave because it provided the castle with some protection, even though one would think that it is highly unlikely that the castle would ever be attacked. But it was, in fact, multiple times.
Bats make their home in the cave and in the tunnels that run behind and underneath the castle. They were used by knights to go on expeditions and to take refuge during attacks.
The castle has had a few owners in its history including knights who were robber barons. The castle was refurbished after years of laying in ruins. Today it has been used in movies, TV shows, and music videos. It also plays host to couples for their weddings.
The website pictures of Predjama Castle are awesome and you can see them here.
The Postojna cave pictures are just as spectacular and offers a train ride that looks thrilling.
Interesting Facts About Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley was an Old West sharpshooter who gained fame appearing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Tour, a traveling show. But as much as she was considered a Western star, she was not born in the Old West. Here are some interesting facts you might not have known about her.
Annie met Frank Butler, her future husband, after
beating him in a shooting contest and winning $100 on a bet ($2300 in 2019).
After a very short courtship, she began living with him. It turns out he couldn't marry her because he was still married to another woman. Even though Frank claimed in public that he married Annie on August 23, 1876, Frank wasn't divorced from his first wife until 1881. He married Annie in 1882.
Annie appeared with her husband in traveling shows for nine years and was billed as a teen sharpshooter. After they were working for a while in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, they started to downplay her age.
While Oakley was dealing with her libel suits against William Randolph Hearst's newspapers, Frank Butler became a spokesperson for the Union Metallic Cartridge Company. (an ammunitions company) and Annie continued to lend her name to products. When Annie retired in 1913 from her last Wild West Show, the couple settled into retirement and helped to raise money for the Red Cross for World War I. Annie did occasional demonstrations but her professional performing ceased.
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| Annie Oakley starred as a sharpshooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West traveling show |
Annie Oakley was her stage name. Her birth name was Phoebe Ann Mosey, but her family called her Annie. Some historians show the family name as Moses or Mozee, but the census records show as Mosey.
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| A historical marker at the cemetery where the Mosey family is buried |
Annie's father died when she was four. She first started shooting at age six and by age eight was expertly hunting and killing small game. She learned to shoot once to the head so the body and skins would be clean so she could sell them to local shopkeepers. The money she earned helped to support the family until her mother remarried.
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| A young Phoebe Ann Mosey (Annie Oakley), around six years old |
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| The farm where Annie was raised in Darke County Ohio |
After contracting pneumonia at age ten, Annie and her sister were hospitalized in an infirmary that was also a home for indigents - the poorhouse. With so many children to take care of, Annie's mother told the infirmary that it was best if they stayed in the state-run home. When her sister recovered, she wanted to go home. But the childless owners of the infirmary took Annie into their home. The wife was hoping to tame her wild ways and teach her ladylike tasks like sewing and embroidery. One day, the owners got a visit from a farming couple who said that they needed a live-in caregiver for their baby son while they worked on their farm. They said they would pay a handsome salary of fifty cents a week ($9.77 in 2019 dollars) and they promised to provide a formal education to whoever was chosen for the job.
The owners immediately agreed to give up ten-year-old Annie. Shortly after Annie went to live with the farming couple, they began to physically and mentally abuse her. She tried to run away many times and was beaten when she was caught.
Two years after she went to live with them, she escaped during the night. Her mother and her new husband took Annie back to live with them on the farm, and Annie went back to hunting and selling her kills.
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| Annie around age 16 |
At age 15, Annie earned enough money from hunting and selling fresh game that she was able to pay off the mortgage on the family farm.
Annie met Frank Butler, her future husband, after
beating him in a shooting contest and winning $100 on a bet ($2300 in 2019).
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| A young Frank Butler, preparing to marry Annie Oakley |
After a very short courtship, she began living with him. It turns out he couldn't marry her because he was still married to another woman. Even though Frank claimed in public that he married Annie on August 23, 1876, Frank wasn't divorced from his first wife until 1881. He married Annie in 1882.
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| Proof of marriage in 1882 |
Annie appeared with her husband in traveling shows for nine years and was billed as a teen sharpshooter. After they were working for a while in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, they started to downplay her age.
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| Graham and Butler toured traveling shows demonstrating their shooting prowess |
For sixteen seasons, they traveled around the world, with Annie as billed as an expert female sharpshooter. Annie wowed audiences with her one of a kind act that many tried to duplicate but few succeeded, especially the trick where she hit targets by aiming backward using a hand mirror to look over her shoulder.
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| Annie Oakley shooting over her shoulder at a target while using a mirror |
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| William Randolph Hearst, Newspaper Owner |
Annie Oakley sued millionaire newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst for reporting a horrendous and false story in two of his newspapers that Annie Oakley was a cocaine addict who was arrested for stealing a black man’s pants. When more than 50 other newspapers picked up the story, Annie Oakley went into attack mode trying to clear her name.
It turned out that a burlesque performer using the stage name of Ann Oakley was the one who was arrested. Most of the newspapers printed retractions, but William Randolph Hearst refused to do so. Instead, he went into his own attack mode and hired a private eye to get any dirt that could be found on Annie Oakley. He found only that her marriage date was in question, but nothing else.
Annie sued 55 newspapers for libel and by 1910, she had won settlements from 54 of them. She did win a $27,500 settlement from Hearst (which is 741,318 in 2019), but the total of her legal expenses outweighed all of the settlements she received so that she lost money trying to clear her name.
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| Annie Oakley endorsed some products early in her career |
While Oakley was dealing with her libel suits against William Randolph Hearst's newspapers, Frank Butler became a spokesperson for the Union Metallic Cartridge Company. (an ammunitions company) and Annie continued to lend her name to products. When Annie retired in 1913 from her last Wild West Show, the couple settled into retirement and helped to raise money for the Red Cross for World War I. Annie did occasional demonstrations but her professional performing ceased.
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| Canada Dry was only one of many food products Annie Oakley endorsed. |
In 1912, the Butlers built a brick ranch-style house in Cambridge, Maryland. It is known as the Annie Oakley House and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. In 1917, they moved to North Carolina and returned to public life. Until she became too ill to do so, Annie continued to go hunting with her dog whenever possible.
Working in a man's world, Annie Oakley played to very rowdy audiences. However, she never lost sight of her femininity and made it a point to appear in embroidered skirts and blouses. What most patrons didn't know was that the stitching on her costumes was by her own hand during down times between cities. It was a skill she most likely learned in her youth from the infirmary owners.
Annie Oakley died on November 3, 1926, at the age of 66, after a three-year illness of pernicious anemia, which is caused by a lack of Vitamin B-12. She was cremated according to her wishes and her ashes were placed in one of her shooting trophies, then given to her husband, Frank. Some say that to go on without her was too much for Frank Butler to bear. He died 18 days later on November 21, 1926. The trophy was placed next to his body in his coffin and was buried with him. He is buried near the Mosey family plots.
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| Signed by Annie Oakley, she enjoyed hunting with her dog. |
Working in a man's world, Annie Oakley played to very rowdy audiences. However, she never lost sight of her femininity and made it a point to appear in embroidered skirts and blouses. What most patrons didn't know was that the stitching on her costumes was by her own hand during down times between cities. It was a skill she most likely learned in her youth from the infirmary owners.
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| Annie personally did all the embroidery on her clothes |
Annie Oakley died on November 3, 1926, at the age of 66, after a three-year illness of pernicious anemia, which is caused by a lack of Vitamin B-12. She was cremated according to her wishes and her ashes were placed in one of her shooting trophies, then given to her husband, Frank. Some say that to go on without her was too much for Frank Butler to bear. He died 18 days later on November 21, 1926. The trophy was placed next to his body in his coffin and was buried with him. He is buried near the Mosey family plots.
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| Annie Oakley, around 62 years old |
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| Annie Oakley with her husband Frank, and their dog. This is one of the last public pictures of Annie Oakley |
DIY Hacks To Fix Eyeglasses
Skip the Ad on the video after 5 seconds, and enjoy these six DIY Hacks to fix eyeglasses: broken frames, foggy lenses, eyeglasses that slip, scratched lenses and more!
HOW TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT
This is not a new skill if you have been using a computer for over five years, but we do have some newer readers.
This post is also on our Geek website and it has step by step instructions with pictures. By the time you do it twice, you will be an expert. Have a look, comments are welcome.
Follow this link:
https://2geekgirls1nerdyguy.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-to-take-screenshot-on-computer.html
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The Inward Well On Bottles
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| The inward well is called a "Punt" |
That inward well at the bottom of your soda, ketchup, juice or wine bottle is called a "punt." The punt makes the bottle more stable so it doesn't tip over when bumped in the fridge or on a pantry shelf. It also makes the bottle stronger so it can stand the high pressure of the fizzy contents.
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SOLAR LIGHTS - TIN FOIL
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| Wrap foil around top of solar lights to improve brightness |
If you take some sheets of tin foil and wrap them around the part of your solar lights where the light shines out, you can make your solar lights shine brighter. Try it out!
Did You Know? Bananas Trick
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| Keep bananas from spoiling by .... |
You probably already heard about wrapping banana steps in plastic wrap so it makes them last a few days longer. Well, it turns out that tin foil is just as good. Give it a try!
Tape Measures - Did You Know?
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| Why do tape measures have a hole at the end? |
When the tape measure is being used by one person, the hole is to be hooked over a nail so the tape measure will stay in place.
Giant Armored Dinosaur Found In China
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| Skeleton of an Ankylosaurus, an armored dinosaur |
In August 2014 during an excavation in Liaoning Province in northeastern China, farmers found the skeleton of a juvenile armored dinosaur in a quarry. The dinosaur was almost completely intact. This area is also where the remains of feathered dinosaurs were found in 2004. It is one of the largest Ankylosaurus to have grown huge early in their lives which was during the Cretaceous Period when millions of dinosaurs roamed the earth in vast numbers.
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| Various Ankylosaurus species |
This new Ankylosaurus is named Chuanqilong (in Chinese, it means legendary dragon) Chaoyangensis (the area where it was found). As plant eating dinosaurs, the Ankylosaurus is covered in heavy armor and some had a bony club at the end of their tails. Archaeological digs have unearthed this species of dinosaur on all continents with the exception of Africa.
This fossil was about 14.7 feet long, and researchers say when compared to others they have found, that this one was only moderate in size, however, this one wasn't fully grown. The adults (called Cedarpelta) could grow to be 26 feet long.
Source: LiveScience.com
KITCHEN HACK
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| Pull out the bottom basket about halfway |
If you are tired of the freezer door closing before you get to put away your frozen foods, here's a hack for you.
Pull out the bottom basket and leave it out till you put away your groceries. It can stay open a few minutes. It will save you some frustration and definitely save you from getting pissed off that the door closes so well.
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