A Sunday afternoon in Paris, shot by the Lumiere brothers in 1900 (colorised)
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From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – McDonald’s Restaurant
The fake McDonald’s restaurant in Los Angeles hiding in an office park used only for TV and commercial purposes The idea is that it’s way too expensive to shut down a real McD’s for the day, so they shoot here. Not just US commercials, but they have signage and menu boards from all over theContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – McDonald’s Restaurant”
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Santa Claus School
1937 World’s first school to teach people how to act like Father Christmasopened with six students in Albion, New York
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – suicide hotline
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – seatbelts
From the FCS Book of Little -Known Facts – US 2021 Gun Fatalities
According to the Gun Violence Archive more than 44,000 people have been killed by guns in the US in 2021, including 1,517 minors Latest incidence Dec 30 A shocking incident has just been reported in the United States as a man in Ohio shot dead his own 16-year-old daughter after mistaking her for an intruder,Continue reading “From the FCS Book of Little -Known Facts – US 2021 Gun Fatalities”
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – South Korea Subway Libraries
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts
26 Nov 1988 Mrs. Rita Lockett of Torquay, Devon, spent £10,000 to repeat her daughter’s wedding two months after the event, because she did not like the video. The couple went through the reception with all 200 wedding guests wearing the same outfits and having to listen to the same speeches, this time with aContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts”
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Zebra/Ostrich Mutualism
Ostriches and zebras often live together to protect each other from predators. The ostrich can see better and the zebra can hear or smell danger better. Don MatthewsDecember 2021 Don MatthewsDecember 2021
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – the 1993 Christmas Cat Album
The songs are created by producer Mike Spalla who mixes actual animal sounds to match tones of the songs. He started with a version of “Jingle Bells” that was released to radio stations a few years before the full album came out. In all, it took more than 1,000 meows, screeches and growls to assemble 20 melodies. From all hereContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – the 1993 Christmas Cat Album”
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