Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

The Leg of Civil War Major General, Daniel Sickles...

https://www.medicalmuseum.mil/micrograph/index.cfm/posts/2021/maj_gen_daniel_e_sickles


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As if that was not strange enough, he was also known as the first person to use the insanity defense to be acquitted of murder!

"Born to a wealthy family in New York City, Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U.S. Attorney Philip Barton Key II, whom Sickles gunned down in broad daylight in Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. He was acquitted after using temporary insanity as a legal defense for the first time in United States history."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles
 
Rose Marie from the Dick Van Dyke Show and Her Uncle Al ---- Al Capone, that is...

"Even hardened gangsters have a soft spot for adorable little girls. Rose Marie found that to be true with the notorious Al Capone, whom she remembers as “Uncle Al.”

Most people remember Rose Marie as the spunky “Sally Rogers” on TV’s The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s, but she was already a pro at the age of five. Rose Marie, aka “Baby Rose Marie,” was a radio star for NBC, and a much-sought-after vaudeville entertainer. She worked on stage with legends such as Rudy Vallee, Dick Powell, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Milton Berle. From late 1929 to 1934, she was at the height of her fame as a child star, performing nonstop around the country."


https://themobmuseum.org/blog/rose-marie-home-uncle-al/
 

For 20 years, a cat served as mayor of an Alaskan town.​


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In 1997, an orange cat names Stubbs became honorary mayor of the Alaskan town of Talkeetna. With a population of 772 in 2000, it would not have taken too many votes to earn the position (and the small town did not actually have a real, human mayor. anyway), but Stubbs proved adept at the role, gaining fans from around the world and "serving" in the position for years, greeting tourists and becoming a beloved symbol of the town until his death in 2017.
 
Pink Biz said:
This is what Saturn would look like if it was the same distance as the moon.

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Since then, astronomers, who study the universe and everything in it, like planets, have used bigger and better telescopes to find rings around all of the outer gas giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. These planets, unlike others in our system, consist largely of gas.

So next time you get a touch of gas, you can blame it on the rings around Uranus!
 
Josephine Garis Cochrane (1839 – 1913) was the inventor of the first commercially successful automatic dishwasher, which she designed in the shed behind her home.

She then constructed it engaging the assistance of mechanic George Butters, who became one of her first employees.

She is claimed to have said "If nobody else is going to invent a dish washing machine, I'll do it myself!

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Pink Biz said:
Josephine Garis Cochrane (1839 – 1913) was the inventor of the first commercially successful automatic dishwasher, which she designed in the shed behind her home.

She then constructed it engaging the assistance of mechanic George Butters, who became one of her first employees.

She is claimed to have said "If nobody else is going to invent a dish washing machine, I'll do it myself!

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