Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

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On this date in 1975 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the last two live soap operas, aired their last live episodes. Both then went to tape.

There was magic in the danger of working without a net.

Surprised by the prompters? Nobody could memorize a new script everyday, although with the larger casts on some of today's soaps, the actors come surprisingly close when there are several days between their appearances.

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The King’s Drops: Charles II, Powdered Skulls​

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Charles, who reigned from 1660 to 1685, was himself an enthusiast chemist and even had his own laboratory where he practiced distillations. In the story of the King’s Drops, the king reportedly paid six thousand pounds to Goddard, then a member of the Royal Society, who had received recognition for his distilled powdered skull recipe. He had also waited on Cromwell on his deathbed and acquired renown for his prowess as a druid of sorts.

Before his death, Charles purchased the famed distillation and began to create variants in his laboratory. Mixing it with alcohol, he would sip it frequently while at work. The drops were often mixed into wine or chocolate, and became popular for a variety of ailments.

Skulls acquired for use in The King's Drops came from Ireland after paying gravediggers on the sly to supply them.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/king-s-drops-0017023
 
This guy makes a good video. Here he stays in a Tree House rental.

"Join me as I stay deep in the forest on the edge of Dorset to stay one night away in this insane tree house complete with an outside shower, hotter, sauna, pizza oven , bedroom and so much more! you have to see this!"

 
I doubt if more than three people may be interested, but a Boeing 747, which all domestic passenger planes have been taken out of service to the best of my knowledge has around 200 miles of wiring in it. The Boeing 747-800 series weighs around one million pounds for gross takeoff weight. The Boeing 747-8 fully loaded at takeoff will need approximately 280,000 pounds of thrust from its 4-GE engines. A few of our 747’s used Rolls-Royce engines. I preferred these engines because they were more reliable and best of all they were “quieter.”

The fully loaded Boeing 747-8 will burn approximately 5000 gallons (19,000 liters) of jet fuel at takeoff and will burn around 3800 gallons per hour when at cruising altitude. These planes are still flying, but mostly used for flying freight, however, some international airlines still use these monsters in the sky for moving passengers. I loved flying it for two years when I flew from O’Hare to Honolulu and return. Aviators weigh their fuel by pounds and not gallons. I converted it to gallons, so it would make more sense to you.

Interesting, huh?
 

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