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Birthday
Literary and Historical Notes:
Ten Things You Never Knew about George Washington, born on this day in 1732: 1. His dentures carved from a hippopotamus tusk. They were drilled with a hole to fit over Washington's one remaining tooth, and they rubbed against his natural tooth in such a way that Washington was in constant pain, and so he used an alcoholic solution infused with opium. 2. By the time he reached 30, he had survived malaria, smallpox, pleurisy, dysentery. He was fired at on two separate occasions — and in one of them, his horse was shot out from under him and four bullets punctured his coat. He also fell off a raft into an icy river and nearly drowned. 3. During the last night of his life, a doctor friend came over to perform an emergency tracheotomy on Washington. Arriving too late, the doctor tried to resurrect Washington by thawing him in cold water, then wrapping him in blankets and rubbing him in order to activate blood vessels, then opening his trachea to inflate his lungs with air, and then transfusing blood from a lamb into him. 4. He enjoyed playing cards, hunting foxes and ducks, fishing, cockfighting, horse racing, boat racing, and dancing. He bred hound dogs and gave them names like "Sweet Lips" and "Tarter." 5. His favorite foods included mashed potatoes with coconut, string beans with mushrooms, cream of peanut soup, salt cod, and pineapples. 6. He snored very loudly. 7. He did not wear a powdered wig, as was fashionable at the time. Instead, he powdered his own red-brown hair. 8. Washington had a speech impediment and was not good at spelling. He would often mix up i's and e's when speaking and in writing. 9. There are 33 counties, seven mountains, nine colleges, and 121 post offices named after Washington. 10. He delivered the shortest inaugural address ever. It was only 133 words long and took 90 seconds to deliver. |
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Hmmm, cock fighting, horse racing, and dog breeding. . . I hope there wasn't any DOG fighting!
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I knew 2, 6, 7, and 8. I used to live about 20 minutes from his house, so I should've known all.
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Only President inaugurated in 2 cities - New York and Philadelphia
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0o==o0 James 4:8 "...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses" -Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ Centrally located in North East Central Pa. |
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Glad I'm not the only one who stinks at spelling.
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You may not be the world's best speller, Mistress, but your content is second to none!
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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century OBK #55 1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles 2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles 2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles |
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