Little-known facts – Page 127 – Flippant, Comic, and Serious

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Bayeux Tapestry)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Voyager message)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (old limo)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (pistol)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (stage)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (shipwreck)

The Nanhai One is a Chinese merchant ship with over 60,000 items on board, which sank into the South China Sea in the 12th century. Discovered in 1987 The Nanhai One, an ancient Chinese merchant ship, sank into the South China Sea in the 12th century fur the Southern Song dynasty. It sat at theContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (shipwreck)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Philippe Petit)

Philippe Petit walks a tight rope between the Twin Towers in 1974 Phillips Petit was only 24 years old when he walked on a tight rope shackled between the Twin Towers, at that age most people are still figuring out what they want to do with their lives but he was making history. Petit’s balancingContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Philippe Petit)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Statue of Liberty)

The disembodied arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty in New York City’s Madison Square Park Even though the Statue of Liberty is an important piece of Americana, a glowing statue that signifies freedom to everyone who cross onto our great shores, there’s something very cool about the statue’s arm just sticking out ofContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Statue of Liberty)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (outlaws)

Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid), Doc Holiday, Jesse James and Charlie Bowdre in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1879 These four famous outlaws were a part of “The Regulators” a group of self appointed lawmen who took justice into their own hands in order to carry out the law in New Mexico the way theyContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (outlaws)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (catwalk car)

Halt for this New York tunnel officer in his “catwalk car” We’ll say it, there’s something cute about this cop riding in a little car through the Holland Tunnel. Launched in 1955, the “catwalk cars” were two feet wide with a swivel seat that allowed for the tunnel police to keep an eye on driversContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (catwalk car)”