This is a new type of post, which will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. We can all appreciate some of the lesser known facts from around the world.
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were classmates at Glenville High in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1934 when they came up with the idea of “Superman.” Four years later, they signed away all rights to DC Comics–for $130.
The word “nerd” was coined by Dr. Seuss in his book, If I Ran the Zoo.
These facts have been discovered in I NEVER KNEW THAT by David Hoffman (2009).
these are fun to read; look forward to more of them…
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Thanks Jim. I will continue to post these on Saturday. After a bit of a hiatus, I am getting back into reading and commenting on posts. Thanks for sharing your most recent post, and I will check more out soon.
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as always, feel free to skip over my old posts…
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That’s assuming you can even find such a mailbox anymore, lol. 🙂
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Good comeback! Only in America, can we become paranoid about simple, blue mailboxes.
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I think it’s more a question of mail theft and the Post Office trying to reduce work loads (picking up mail from those boxes).
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Fascinating about the invention of Bubble wrap, I’m looking forward to this as regular series!
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Thank you Jim for reading and sharing. I will continue to add to this, and it make a nice change of pace without taking away from my writing.
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=)
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I have a system using multiple piles, shuffling, and the first few Fibonacci numbers as an improvement over multiple shuffles.
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Michael, thanks for sharing. My wife and I play some card games, and we have out own unique way of shuffling the cards. For some reason, it leads to more luck for me.
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ha ha
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Ah so that’s the origin of pop!
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I guess so. It can be amazing how “accidents” bring about names like this.
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Yes!
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“ I never knew that”😀
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Most of these posts bring something new to me as well. It is a nice diversion from my usual posts, and it’s always interesting and fun.
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Wow Superman idea costs only 130 dollars??
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You got it Jim! The creators did end up working for DC Comics and did much of the early work with it.
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Gotcha; are you a fan of DC comics?
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I am not really much a comics fan. When I was growing up, my fascination was with sports–playing and reading about real-life athletes.
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Gotcha
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