Hey, everyone! Welcome to the 31st--a brand-new column on my blog. Instead of being monthly, weekly, or even daily, this column will be published seven times a year--on the 31st of each month that has a 31st day! In this column, there will be contained various trivia and facts...so buckle your seatbelts, and get ready for some fun!
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Did you know...
- that there are only seven out of the twelve months that have a 31st day??
- that "James Herriot" was actually the pen name of British vet James Alfred Wright?
- that the great blue heron is the largest American heron?
- that the first practical single-rotor helicopter was flown in 1939, by its' creator Igor Sikorsky?
- that Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959, and actually is a chain of 132 islands?
- that William Henry Harrison is the President who served the shortest time in office? He died 30 days after being inaugurated, from a cold he had caught when he was taking the oath.
- That William Henry Harrison's grandson, Ben, also became President?
- That James County, Tennessee was absorbed into adjacent Hamilton County in 1919? That was one of the select few times in American history that one county absorbed another.
- That Apollo 13's lunar module pilot Fred Haise was born in Biloxi, Mississippi?
- That the pigmy hippo (weighing about 400-600 lbs) is much smaller than its' cousin, the river hippo? A river hippo can weigh up to 5,800 lbs!
That's all for now! Look for Issue #2 coming up in late October!
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