Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

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  • Casa Loma is the only actual, real castle in North America.
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SIR HENRY PELLATT​

"Sir Henry Pellatt, the dreamer behind Toronto’s famous heritage site; Casa Loma, was born to his British parents in Kingston, Ontario on January 6, 1859. Ambitious from his youth, Sir Henry Pellatt left his studies at Upper Canada College when he was seventeen to pursue a career in commerce in the family business. By the age of twenty-three, he became a full partner in his father’s stock brokerage firm Pellatt and Pellatt. That year was also marked by his marriage to Mary Dodgeson, whom he met when he was twenty."

"Even as a young man, Henry Pellatt embraced the spirit of the family motto “Devant Si Je Puis” or “Foremost If I Can”. When he met his bride-to-be, Sir Pellatt had already achieved local renown in 1879 for beating the U. S. amateur champion of the one mile race. Travels to Europe gave him the love for fine art and architecture, which would spur his vision of Casa Loma-“House on the Hill.” This romantic side was mirrored by his other lifelong passion-his involvement with the military, specifically the Queen’s Own Rifles."
 
Meanderer said:
  • Casa Loma is the only actual, real castle in North America.
iu


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SIR HENRY PELLATT​

"Sir Henry Pellatt, the dreamer behind Toronto’s famous heritage site; Casa Loma, was born to his British parents in Kingston, Ontario on January 6, 1859. Ambitious from his youth, Sir Henry Pellatt left his studies at Upper Canada College when he was seventeen to pursue a career in commerce in the family business. By the age of twenty-three, he became a full partner in his father’s stock brokerage firm Pellatt and Pellatt. That year was also marked by his marriage to Mary Dodgeson, whom he met when he was twenty."

"Even as a young man, Henry Pellatt embraced the spirit of the family motto “Devant Si Je Puis” or “Foremost If I Can”. When he met his bride-to-be, Sir Pellatt had already achieved local renown in 1879 for beating the U. S. amateur champion of the one mile race. Travels to Europe gave him the love for fine art and architecture, which would spur his vision of Casa Loma-“House on the Hill.” This romantic side was mirrored by his other lifelong passion-his involvement with the military, specifically the Queen’s Own Rifles."
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The wood frog can live north of the Arctic Circle, surviving for weeks with 65 percent of its body frozen. This frog uses glucose in its blood as a kind of antifreeze that concentrates in its vital organs, protecting them from damage while the rest of the body freezes solid.

Frozen wood Frog
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The Hidden Secrets of the Moai: The Famous Easter Island Heads Also Have Bodies Too!​

Practically everyone has seen the iconic images of the Easter Island heads. What you may not have known is that those Easter Island heads actually have hidden buried bodies. Archaeologists have uncovered the bodies associated with the heads and found interesting discoveries that further our knowledge of the Easter Island civilization and how they created the monoliths.



The Easter Island heads are known as Moai by the Rapa Nui people who carved the figures in the tropical South Pacific directly west of Chile. The Moai monoliths, carved from stone found on the island, are between 1,100 and 1,500 CE. A bit of an aside, but CE refers to the “Common Era” and sometimes replaces the use of AD in historical and archaeological communities.

The reason the bodies have been hidden underground for so long is that the statues were build on the side of a volcano, which helpfully erupted all over the statues and buried them up to their necks.

Archaeologists have studied the statues on the island for about a century, and have actually known about the hidden bodies since the earliest excavations in 1914. The first photographs of the hidden torsos emerged in 2012, two years after Jo Anne Van Tilburg, director of the Easter Island Statue Project, began excavating the monoliths with the help of local Rapa Nui people. These amazing pictures below show the moment archaeologists discovered Easter Island statues were covered in tattoos:





 
In the "who knew?" category — at least as far as I knew...

Not sure the degree of "fun" of each of these. But these facts did blow my mind:
...that there is now evidence that North America was first inhabited by humans not just 10,000 years ago, but (according to some respected, credentialed authorities) perhaps tens of thousands of years before that.

...that Josephine Garis Cochrane was the inventor of the first mechanical dishwasher, patented 1886.

...that, contrary to what I learned as a 10-year-old science buff, Pluto is not a real planet, the furthest in our solar system, but probably doesn’t really qualify as a full-fledged planet at all. Sigh.

...that in July 1518 a woman called Frau Troffea danced vigorously, contortingly, and uncontrollably for six solid days in Strasbourg. No one was able to stop her, and other people joined in, affected by what’s been assumed was a mania. The dance by Frau Troffea’s ended only when she died.

...that Keith Richards might live to celebrate New Years Day 2023.
 
Pink Biz said:
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Not so. According to Wikipedia:
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Photos of the model Olya Gussy costumed as Betty Boop, taken by Russian-based studio Retro Atelier in 2008, are regularly misidentified as Esther Jones.

An older photo often purported to show Jones went viral when it was distributed by the official Betty Boop Checks website.[48] The image was actually a James Van Der Zee photo of an unidentified woman.[49]

Admission of mistake​

In 2021, a 2015 article by PBS, which had been used as "confirmation" of the "Baby Esther was the original Betty Boop" story by many people, was removed from the PBS website. PBS retracted the story, admitted that the "Baby Esther" portion of the article was never true, and apologized for spreading misinformation.[50]

The photos in the post above were taken in 2008 of Olya Gussy. The photo below was taken of Esther Jones.Baby_ESther_JONEZ.jpg

According to The Story Of Harlem's Baby "Betty Boop" Esther
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The Story Of Harlem’s Baby “Betty Boop” Esther 1918-1920’s (Updated)​




Esther Lee Jones, born c. 1918- by her stage names “Baby Esther”, “Little Esther”, and other similar variations, was a Harlem singer and child entertainer of the late 1920s.
Known for interpreting popular songs with a “mixture of seriousness and childish mischief”. After gaining attention in her hometown of Chicago, she became an international celebrity before leaving the public spotlight as a teenager.

In 1932, when singer Helen Kane sued Fleischer Studios, claiming that they had appropriated her persona for the voice of the cartoon character Betty Boop, the studios defended themselves by arguing that Kane’s style of singing—characterized by her baby voice and use of the phrase “boop-boop-a-doop”—was not her own invention.

Theatrical manager Lou Bolton testified during the Kane v. Fleischer trial that Kane saw Baby Esther’s cabaret act in 1928, in which Esther used interpolated words such as “boo-boo-boo” and “doo-doo-doo”. An early test sound film of Baby Esther’s performance was used as evidence. Other evidence introduced at the trial included a recording by the Duncan Sisters and testimony from performers such as Bonnie Poe, Margie Hines, and Little Ann Little, who testified that she had been singing in a baby voice and using interpolations such as “bo-de-o-do” for several years. The court ruled against Kane."
 
Ever wonder why most men's suit jackets have buttons on the lower part of the sleeves ? It goes back to the Napoleonic military uniforms of the French Army. Putting buttons on the sleeves was intended to stop the men from wiping their noses on their sleeves. Or so they say. The custom of pressing creases into the trousers of men's suits started with The Prince of Wales , before he became King. He was considered to be a fashion leader in the period around the turn of the 20th century which became known as the Edwardian era. JimB.
 
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