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06/11/2026 “THINGS YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW”   2 comments

  • Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Robert Mitchum, and Mr.T. all have photographic memories.
  • The first of the five senses that deteriorate with old age is smell.
  • The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
  • The baby blue whale gains ten pounds of weight per hour.
  • Seventy-five percent of wild birds die before they are six months old.
  • The odds of being hit by a meteorite are one in 200 million.
  • Hans Christian Anderson, the Danish writer of fairy tales died falling out of bed.

  • When singer John Denver lost his temper with his then wife, Annie (made famous in “Annie’s Song”), he sawed their bed in half.
  • Country Western star Loretta Lynn was married at the age of 13.
  • Mark Twain, Bob Hope, Daniel Boone, and Alfred Nobel all read their own obituaries.
  • My favorite Country-Western song title was by Jerry Reed – “She Got the Gold Mine (I got the Shaft).
  • Model Claudia Schiffer collects dried insects which she then paints and frames.
  • Charles Manson once auditioned unsuccessfully for the band The Monkees.
  • Famous Nazi Hermann Gohring refused to use standard toilet paper and bought a large supply of soft white handkerchiefs instead.

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06/12/2025 “SOOTHING THE SAVAGE BREAST”   Leave a comment

CHIC

Everyone loves music of one sort or another and I’m no different. Unfortunately I think 50% of the music being made today is garbage. I may be considered a music snob but I only like GOOD MUSIC. I like some Heavy Metal, some R&B, some Opera, some Disco, and even some Rap, as long as it’s good. Today’s post will add to your trivia knowledge of the music business. If you’re just a casual music fan you may not be aware of a lot of the facts I’m going to list but that’s what’s so great about music, it’s all about personal preferences.

  • It is estimated that the “Happy Birthday to You” song earns Warner Music up to $5000 in royalties per day.
  • The bass player and co-lead singer of the band Kiss was named Chaim Witz.
  • John Denver’s real name was Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
  • Leo Fender, inventor of the Telecaster, Stratocaster, and Precision Bass guitars, could not play the guitar.
  • Rolling Stone magazine twice listed Jimi Hendrix as the number one greatest guitar player of all time.
QUEEN
  • Brian May, lead guitarist for the band Queen, also had a PhD in astrophysics.
  • The song “Le Freak” by the band Chic, was the first song to hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart three separate times.
  • Madonna, with 38 singles, followed by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson, had the most top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
  • Mike Nesmith the famous member of the made-for-television band The Monkees also invented Liquid Paper the popular correction fluid.
  • The Village People once advertised for members with a personal ad requesting: Wanted: Macho Types, Must Dance and Have a Mustache.
JIMI HENDRIX

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