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549. Did You Know thatCharlie H. Hogan was called "king of engineers" after he became the first to drive a train at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)?
548. Did You Know thatGeorge Henry Daniels has been called the "Father of the Century"?
547. Did You Know thatWilliam Buchanan designed the first vehicle to exceed 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)?
546. Did You Know that theFour-Track News is not news about thecar music cassettes of the 1950s, but an illustrated magazine of the early 1900s on travel and education put out by theNew York Central Railroad?
545. Did You Know thatThomas Seavey Hall's banjo signals caused a judge to declare him the father of American automatic electric railroad signaling?
544. Did You Know that railroad transportation executiveWilliam Phillips Hall was known as the "business millionaire evangelist"?
543. Did You Know thatDaniel Davis was the first person in the United States to work with gold and silverelectroplating(illustrated) as a business?
542. Did You Know that after theBritish Army captured New York City in 1776,Samuel Loudon fled to the village ofFishkill, where he founded the state's first post office?
540 & 541 that dentistChristian Linger ordered two hand-powered horseless carriages to be constructed by machinistFrank Toepfer, leading to the first American gas-driven vehicle?
539. Did You Know thatJohn Jonathon Pratt, known as the grandfather of the typewriter(1867 model pictured), invented several common typewriter features beforeRemington orHammond machines entered the market?
538. Did You Know that theworld's longest domestic flight, betweenPapeete, Tahiti, and Paris, France, a distance of 9,765 miles (15,715 km), came about because of theCOVID-19 pandemic?
537. Did You Know that at 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m),Jakob Nacken was the tallest German soldier in World War II, and later found work in the United States as the world's tallest Santa Claus?
536. Did You Know that theworld's oldest postcard(Penny Penates pictured), mailed in 1840, was designed as a practical joke to mock postal clerks? --->
535. Did You Know that GeneralRaymond W. Bliss opened the United States Army's firstradioactive-isotope laboratory in 1949?
534. Did You Know that in 1890William Morrison invented the first successful practical electric automobile in the United States?
531 & 532 & 533. Did You Know thatEdwin S. Votey, while president of theFarrand & Votey Organ Company withWilliam R. Farrand as partner, is credited with inventing the first practicalplayer piano(pictured)?
530. Did You Know that the 16-pieceDetroit News Orchestra was the first symphonic orchestra in the world organized specifically to play on radio?
525 & 526 & 527 & 528 & 529. Did You Know that theMichigan Stove Company, started byJeremiah Dwyer, made theWorld's Largest Stove, a 15-ton replica conceived byGeorge H. Barbour and designed byWilliam J. Keep?
524. Did You Know that whenEureka Iron & Steel Works produced the first steel rails in the United States in 1865, it marked the beginning of the American steel industry?
523. Did You Know that theNorthwestern Lumberman, known originally as theLumbermen's Gazette, was the firsttrade magazine for the U.S.lumber industry?
522. Did You Know that having received the results of the1848 U.S. presidential election by telegraph,George F. Lewis helped publish the news ofZachary Taylor's win?
521. Did You Know thatGeorge W. Hotchkiss published the world's firstlumber journal, theLumberman's Gazette?
520. Did You Know that industrialistJohn Mason Loomis, aUnion Army colonel in theAmerican Civil War, fought in 57 battles and skirmishes, marching with his men for more than 6,900 mi (11,100 km)?
519. Did You Know that despite its name, thePere Marquette Lumber Company ranked among the largest salt and lumber producers in the state of Michigan?
518. Did You Know that a mural ofWilliam Rath depicts him drinking from aFountain of Youth?
517. Did you know thatFrank Fowler Loomis designed and built the world's first motorized policepaddy wagon?
516. Did you know thatSt. Edward's Catholic Church was the first church in the world to have electric lighting?
514 & 515. Did you know thatGeorge Crowninshield Jr. was the first American yachtsman and owned thefirst American yacht?
513. Did you know that the American-made schoonerMeteor III was the largest yacht in the world when built forGerman Emperor Wilhelm II?
512. Did you know thatArchibald Cary Smith designed the first American iron yacht?
511. Did you know thatKaiser Wilhelm II was so charmed with the American yachtYampa that he purchased her himself and had another larger yacht built in America based on her design?
510. Did you know thatJohn Clemm built the first church organ in America?
509. Did you know thatCelia M. Burleigh became the first woman pastor ordained into theUnitarian ministry?
508. Did you know that the first Edison incandescent lamp-illuminated home wasJames Hood Wright's residence inNew York City in 1881?
507. Did you know that theProspect House atBlue Mountain Lake in New York was the first hotel anywhere to be equipped with electric lighting in all the guest rooms?
506. Did you know that the main building of theMusic House Museum is a remodeled 1909 dairy barn?
505. Did you know thatMerkel Landis, while a treasurer at a bank in Pennsylvania, originated the firstChristmas Savings Club?
504. Did you know thatThomas Johnston made the first historical print engraved in America?
503. Did you know thatMarvin Pipkin invented the first electric light bulb frosted on the inside with sufficient strength for ordinary handling that could be sold to the public?
502. Did you know thatOliver B. Shallenberger invented the first successfulelectric meter(pictured), predecessor to the modern meter used today?-------->
501. Did you know that theSSAndaste – a hybridwhaleback Great Lakes cargo vessel – disappeared with all hands on Lake Michigan in 1929 and is still listed as unfound?
500. Did you know thatFrederick Langenheim made the first set of panoramic images(example pictured) ofNiagara Falls and a sequential set of images of the first American total solar eclipse ever photographed?
499. Did you know thatEugenia Tucker Fitzgerald helped found the first secret society in a women's college?
497 & 498. Did you know thatAlexander S. Wolcott andJohn Johnson opened the first commercial photography portrait studio in the world?
496. Did you know thatHoward B. Meek was the founder and dean ofthe first college to train professional hotel managers?
495. Did you know thatWilliam A. Starrett, builder of theEmpire State Building, sent hissteel construction technology to Japan to help design buildings to resistearthquakes?
494. Did you know that cargo had to be loaded and unloaded by hand onto theSSJohn Sherman, the first freight ship used onLake Michigan?
493. Did you know thatGeorge Huebner is known as the "father of the automotive gas turbine engine"?
492. Did you know that the 1928 one-act playThe Queen's Messenger was the first television drama?
491. Did you know thatWilliam L. Mercereau, Superintendent of Steamships for thePere Marquette Railway, was responsible for building up what was at the time the world's largestcarferry fleet?
490. Did you know thatJohn Ward Westcott developed a marine mail system that eventually became the only floatingZIP Code in the United States?
489. Did you know thatCharles Corydon Hall is considered the father of therock wool insulation industry in America?
488. Did you know that American Civil WarConfederate surgeonCharles T. Pepper was the original inspiration for theDr Pepper brand soft drink(1910 logo shown)?
487. Did you know that theSSPere Marquette was the first steeltrain ferry built in the world?
486. Did you know that theLudington family includeda teenage girl(statue pictured) whose night-long ride to alert theContinental Army of an imminent British attack has been compared to theride of Paul Revere?
485. Did you know that Italian immigrantMario Peruzzi was the co-founder and president ofPlanters Peanut company?
484. Did you know that the naval architectRobert Logan designed the first steeltrain ferry?
483. Did you know that Soviet economistDimitri Navachine, assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
481 & 482. Did you know thatAustin Church andJohn Dwight were the first to commercially manufacturebaking soda in the United States, and the former was first to use theArm & Hammer trademark logo(pictured) for selling it?
480. Did you know thatAlbert P. Halfhill is considered the father of thetuna packing industry and was the first to use the slogan "chicken of the sea" as a sales gimmick?
479. Did you know thatHenry Ludington helped GeneralGeorge Washington create aspy ring to gather information on British troops during the American Revolutionary War?
478. Did you know thatJ. R. Watkins(pictured with sales wagon) offered America's firstmoney back guarantee for his products?
477. Did you know thatMary Florence Potts patented various styles of cold-handle clothes irons that were the most popular irons ever used?
475 & 476. Did you know thatEli Parsons Royce founded the city ofEscanaba, Michigan, whileNelson Ludington named it?
474. Did you know thatWawatam Lighthouse(pictured) started out as anarchitectural folly at a highwayWelcome Center, was moved more than 300 miles (480 km), and is now an operating Coast Guard-approvedaid to navigation
473. Did you know thatRobert Grace was the first manufacturer of thePennsylvania fireplace, designed byBenjamin Franklin, which heated rooms more efficiently than an open fireplace?
472. Did you know thatAlexander Bonner Latta made the first steam fire engine to be used regularly by a city fire department in the United States?
471. Did you know thatPFE Albee(pictured) is considered the first "Avon Lady", and was followed by over half a million others?
470. Did you know thatLewis Ludington founded the city ofColumbus, Wisconsin, but never resided in the state?
469. Did you know that theelectric fire engine had numerous advantages over the 19th-century steam fire engine, but was not put into service because a storm could knock out the power?
468. Did you know thatDunes Forest Village was an exclusive "island" retreat, surrounded by sand rather than water, and owned by a newspaper publisher?
467. Did you know thatAnthony Harkness is considered the founder of theCincinnati locomotive industry?
466. Did you know thatCharles A. Cheever constructed the first telephone line in New York City and was its owner?
465. Did you know thatGeorge Escol Sellers was the basis for the fictional character Colonel Eschol Sellers inMark Twain's novelThe Gilded Age?
464. Did you know thatSchuyler Skaats Wheeler invented the first electric fan?
463. Did you know that the English inventorPaul Rapsey Hodge built the first steamfire engine in the United States?
462. Did you know thatSidney Howe Short produced the first electric motor without gears that operated a streetcar directly from its built-in armature?
461. Did you know thatArchibald Spencer introducedBenjamin Franklin to the study of electricity, and was his mentor?
460. Did you know that thelightning rod fashion(lightning rod umbrella shown) was a fad in 18th-century Europe? --------------------------->
457 & 458 & 459. Did you know thatWilliam Plankinton, for whom theWilliam Plankinton Mansion is named, commissioned theJohn Plankinton statue(pictured) from the sculptor who washis sister's ex-fiancé?
456. Did you know that whenClam Lake Canal freezes over early in theMichigan winter, the lakes on each side remain unfrozen, but when the lakes later freeze over, the canal thaws and flows once more?
455. Did you know thatGeorge A. Mitchell has been called the father ofCadillac?
454. Did you know that high school teacherGertrude Hull tutoredDouglas MacArthur in preparation for passing his entrance examination toWest Point?
451 & 452 & 453. Did you know that "Merchant Prince and Princely Merchant"John Plankinton builta mansion(pictured) as a wedding gift for his daughterElizabeth, but she refused to live in it because her fiancéRichard Henry Park ran off with a dancer?
450. Did you know thatElizabeth Plankinton, known as the "municipal patroness" for her philanthropy, gifted a 9-foot (2.7 m) highbronze George Washington sculpture to the citizens of Milwaukee?
449. Did you know thatWilliam V. Thompson preferred the title "Dean of Bowling" over "Father of Bowling" in recognition of his work promoting and standardizingten-pin bowling?
448. Did you know thatHenry Ford consideredRalph Waldo Trine an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life?
447. Did you know thatMoses Bensinger helped organize the American Bowling Congress, which standardized the rules of modern ten-pin bowling?
445 & 446. Did you know thatCharles Townsend Ludington, his brother and two other executives formedLudington Airline, the first every-hour-on-the-hour air transport line?
444. Did you know thatW. Wallace Kellett made the firstautogyro used by theUnited States Post Office Department for carrying mail?
443. Did you know thatJosiah Holbrook organized the firstindustrial school in the United States?
442. Did you know that at the age of 17,Dean Cullom Smith(pictured) was the youngest flight instructor in U.S. Army history?
441. Did you know that the first transcontinental night airmail service was established atHadley Field?
439 & 440. Did you know that theStanhope Medal(pictured) for each year's most gallant rescue honorsChandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope?
438. Did you know that the historicI.O.O.F. Centennial Building(pictured) is a three-story commercial building with an exterior decoration of raised brickwork spelling out "Centennial 4 July 1876"?
437. Did you know that theGeorge Washington Air Junction was designed to be the world's largest airport, larger than the New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Chicago, and Philadelphia airports combined?'
436. Did you know that theHybla Valley Airport was the first licensed airport inVirginia?
435. Did you know that theSSJacona was the world's first seagoing electric generatorpowership?
434. Did you know thatTiny Town was the first complete modern city built in miniature?
433. Did you know that theHouse of Flavors's signature ice cream is the secret formula "Blue Moon" flavor(pictured) that they have been making available to their customers since 1935?
432. Did you know that theHaskelite Manufacturing Corporation provided most of the plywood material for theSpirit of St. Louis, whichCharles Lindbergh flew on a record-breaking transatlantic flight in 1927?
430 & 431. Did you know that thatHenry L. Haskell patented a game board(1900 vintage board shown) through theCarrom Company to keep young boys out of pool halls where they might develop bad habits?
428 & 429. Did you know that the one-pieceHaskell canoe(pictured) was made from plywood glued together withslaughterhouse blood?
427. Did you know that theHaskell Manufacturing Company produced the material for the first airplane made with moldableplywood?
426. Did you know thatDavid Hall boughtBenjamin Franklin out of his printing business?
424 & 425. Did you know that theElectro-Dynamic Light Company, organized byAlbon Man and others, was formed three months before the Edison Electric-Light Company?
423. Did you know thatRaymond Cazallis Davis(pictured) was the first to offer a college course inbibliography?
422. Did you know thatThe Electro-Magnetic and Mechanics Intelligencer was the first newspaper printed on a press run by electricity?
421. Did you know thata collection of light bulbs was bought byGeneral Electric in 1912 for $10,000 and by 1931 was valued at over a million dollars?
420. Did you know thatPeniel Chapel(pictured) changed the practice of the traditional interior of a Welsh church to that of atheatre building with a ramped gallery floor for an auditorium experience?
419. Did you know that theThoroughbredSpark was a gift toSamuel Ogle fromLord Baltimore regifted fromthe Prince of Wales?
418. Did you know that theLord Baltimore penny(pictured) is the first copper coin issued for circulation in theThirteen Colonies?
417. Did you know thatDyserth Castle was the last of the British fortified defense castles on theClwydian hills in the Middle Ages?
416. Did you know thatBenjamin D. Wood produced the firstmultiple choice test?
415. Did you know thatCarl Edgar Myers invented an air-bicycle(illustrated) that navigated through the air like a bicycle?
414. Did you know that the first US Army hospital named for a woman or nurse was named afterUS Army Nurse Corps LieutenantRuth M. Gardiner(pictured)?
413. Did you know that women's rights activistMeaza Ashenafi noted thatAmharic proverbs that place women only in domestic roles are to blame for the degrading of women inEthiopia?
412. Did you know thatEdith Ellen Greenwood was the first woman and first nurse to receive theSoldier's Medal after she rescued 15 patients from a burning hospital ward?
411. Did you know thatPresident Eisenhower praisedMary F. Hoyt, the first woman appointed to theUS federal civil service in 1883, as a leader for the hundreds of thousands of women who followed her?
410. Did you know thatWellesley College presidentEllen Fitz Pendleton supported academic freedom forpacifists during World War I and later opposed the 1935loyalty oath required of teachers in Massachusetts?
409. Did you know thatMary Myers was the first American woman to fly and pilot adirigible balloon, which she did onIndependence Day in 1880?
408. Did you know thatMarianne Means was the first woman reporter to be assigned full-time coverage of theWhite House?
407. Did you know thatC. C. Beall's 1945 Treasury poster(pictured) ofJoe Rosenthal's photograph of the raising of the American flag onIwo Jima was used for a World War II campaign which brought in $26 billion?
406. Did you know thatOlive Hoskins was the first woman promoted towarrant officer in the United States Army?
405. Did you know thatMary Ingraham was the first woman to receive the United StatesMedal for Merit award?
404. Did you know thatClaire Giannini Hoffman was the first woman to serve on the boards ofBank of America andSears, Roebuck & Company?
403. Did you know thatBirdsill Holly invented a water pumping system for city mains that not only supplied drinking water for domestic service, but also furnished water under pressure for fire hydrants(Holly fire hydrant pictured)?
402. Did you know that theHolly Steam Combination Company was the first commercially successful steam heating company fordistrict heating from a central distribution station?
401. Did you know thatMax Deutsch intentionally destroyed his compositions so that his only surviving legacy would be his students?
400. Did you know thatAlfred Charles Garratt was the first full-time medical doctor inelectrotherapy in the United States, and wrote the first book on the subject?
399. Did you know thatSteven Anzovin published the first serious study oncomputer pollution and how it affects the world's environment?
398. Did you know that theMilam Building was both the tallest brick and reinforced concrete structure and first office building with built-in air conditioning in the United States when it opened in 1928?
397. Did you know that theArmy and Navy Union(badge shown) is the oldest veterans' organization in America?
395 & 396. Did you know that theDemarest Building(pictured) built byAaron T. Demarest was the first building with an electric elevator?
394. Did you know thatVernon Arnold Haugland was the first civilian to receive theSilver Star medal, normally awarded only to members of the United States Armed Forces?
393. Did you know thatFrank H. Winter presented theAmerican Astronautical Society's first Goddard Memorial Lecture and received a medal for it?
392. Did you know thatThomas Maddock started the American indoortoilet industry through his invention?
391. Did you know that the lobby of the $1 millionSt. Nicholas Hotel inNew York City featured a painting ofSinterklaas placing presents intoChristmas stockings?
390. Did you know that puppeteerBernard H. Paul performed the first children's television program?
389. Did you know that the scientistHarold Horton Sheldon wrote as early as 1929 about the serious possibility of man visiting other planets one day with the aid of rockets?
388. Did you know thatHerbert Grove Dorsey invented the first practicalfathometer for ships?
387. Did you know thatJames L. Buie invented transistor-to-transistor logic circuitry (TTL), which led to the development of theintegrated circuit industry?
386. Did you know thatEffie Maud Aldrich Morrison originated the concept and was the instigator for the plan of the first senior housing project in the United States?
384 & 385. Did you know thatLarry Kelly foundedShelby Gem Factory, which at one site grows uncut cultured gems, includingdiamonds, facets them, and mounts them in gold?
383. Did you know thatWilliam Donald Scherzer invented thefirst rolling lift bridge?
382. Did you know thatGeorge Edward Hilt founded the largest farm-store retailer in the United States?
381. Did you know thatJoseph Hobson designed the first underwater railroad tunnel to a foreign country?
380. Did you know that when the early telephone was being developed,John Peirce (pictured) invented the mouthpiece that was used for the hand-held version?
377 & 378 & 379. Did you know thatJoseph Dart andRobert Dunbar designed and built thefirst steam-powered grain elevator in the world?
376. Did you know thatWilliam Francis Channing invented the first citywide electric fire alarm system?
375. Did you know thatIsaac Dripps invented the railroad locomotive cowcatcher?
374. Did you know thatLuther Atwood invented "coup oil", the first oil extracted from coal?
372 & 373 . Did you know thatMary-Ann was the first steam turbine generator operated bya public utility to produce electricity?
371. Did you know that theMichigan Heritage Park(typical exhibit pictured) is an outdoor attraction that spans 10,000 years of Michigan history?
370. Did you know thatTheodore Roosevelt McElroy holds the record for the highest speed at which anyone has receivedMorse code?
369. Did you know that the Great Lakes merchantRasmus Rasmussen named his schooner after a postmaster's wife?
368. Did you know that under the direction ofAustin Cornelius Dunham the first transmitted three-phase electric current in the United States for a distance of several miles was done bya public utility company?
367. Did you know that the firstWoman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925?
366. Did you know that actressLo Kauppi was a singer and guitar player in the feminist punk band Vagina Grande?
365. Did you know that theSyllabical and Steganographical Table was the firstcryptography chart ever made?
364. Did you know that theHammond Electric Bridge Table was the first bridge table to automatically shuffle and deal cards using electricity?
363. Did you know thatChester H. Pond invented the first electrical self-winding clock?
362. Did you know that theBenjamin Loxley house is noted in history as the place where a Quakeress overheard secret British plans and passed them on toGeorge Washington, saving theContinental Army?
361. Did you know that a 1700s Philadelphia property namedBathsheba's spring and bower was said to be the first spa in theSociety Hill area?
360. Did you know thatFranklin's electrostatic machine led to the invention of thelightning rod?
359. Did you know thatRichard McNemar, the "father ofShaker music", was the most prolific composer of Shaker hymns and anthems?
358. Did you know that theWistarburgh Glass Works was America's first successful glass factory?
357. Did you know that it wasBenjamin Loxley's house key that was used byBenjamin Franklin for hiskite experiment to attract lightning?
356. Did you know that the first hymn inthe first Shaker hymn book reflects theShaker belief that God is both male and female?
355. Did you know that the electrical principles of anelectrostatic machine invented by a Shaker doctor in 1810 for medical treatment were later used byThomas Edison?
354. Did you know thatExperiments and Observations on Electricity isBenjamin Franklin's only scientific book?
353. Did you know thatMary Whitcher wrote the first publishedShaker cookbook?
352. Did you know thatDixi Crosby was the first surgeon in the United States to be sued for medical malpractice?
351. Did you know thatThomas Corbett, aShaker doctor, developed an electrostatic medical device in 1810 as a "cure" for rheumatism?
350. Did you know that the flat broom was originally made in theShaker broom vise?
349. Did you know that theShaker tilting chair lets its occupant lean back without the chair slipping and scraping the floor?
348. Did you know thatShaker-style pantry boxes are associated withShakerfolklife because they "express the utility and uniformity valued in Shaker culture"?
347. Did you know thatOperation Sahayogi Haat ("helping hands") delivered about 120 short tons (110 t) of emergency disaster supplies for theNepal 2015 earthquake relief effort?
346. Did you know that theShakers were the first to package seeds for sale in small paper envelopes that were sold through theShaker Seed Company?
345. Did you know that thesolar eclipse of 1 May 1185 gave rise to the first known description offlame-like tongues of live embers?
344. Did you know that the1185 East Midlands earthquake is the first earthquake in England for which there are verifiable damage reports?
343. Did you know that thefirst private railroad car was made for the singerJenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale?
342. Did you know thatRichard the Lionheart deliberately took church propertywithout its permission?
341. Did you know that theCronica Walliae helped popularise a legend that the Welsh discovered America in about 1170, a tale used to justify English encroachments on the early colonies of theSpanish Empire?
340. Did you know thatWilliam Maurice built a three-story library just for his personal book collection?
339. Did you know that theOceana County Historical & Genealogical Society contains "an organization within an organization"?
336 & 337 & 338. Did you know that "the smallest newspaper in the world"(issue shown) was published bySwift Lathers fromhis home for over 50 years, and had paid subscribers in 38 states?
334 & 335. Did you know thatCadwallon ap Gruffydd, son of theking of Gwynedd, was willing to murder three ofhis mother's brothers to gain power, but was himself later killed by another brother of hers?
333. Did you know that theMason County Sculpture Trail is a garden of public art with exhibition pieces located only outdoors?
332 & 331 & 330 & 329 & 328 & 327. Did you know that thefirst automobile factory in the United States built withreinforced concrete beams andencasements was constructed byJulius Kahn'sTrussed Concrete Steel Company and itsTruscon Laboratories, withAlbert Kahn Associates as the architects?
326. Did you know thatSandy Proctor sculptedThe Guardians, depicting twoWar in AfghanistanSEALs who inspired the filmLone Survivor?
325. Did you know thatCharles F. Conrad founded Lake Michigan Carferry Service, which has thelast coal-fired passenger steamship in the United States?
324. Did you know thatRobert Louis Stevenson believed that politics is a profession for which nopreparation is necessary?
323. Did you know thatValentin Wolfenstein owned the first successful photography studio in Los Angeles?
322. Did you know that in 1907, the mooseÄlgen Stolta defeated horses in aharness race?
321. Did you know thatFittja gård became a popular overnight inn and station for exchange of horses for Swedish kings?
320. Did you know that themovements of someManistee Watch Companypocket watches had 17 jewels of heliotropegarnet, and were the first in the United States to use non-magnetichairsprings?
319. Did you know thatJuozas Gabrys worked to liberate Lithuania, but became "virtually anunperson" in that country?
318. Did you know that British airmanTom Rees was killed in the first official victory credited to German flying ace theRed Baron?
317. Did you know that after ordering the bombardment ofFort Sumter which started theAmerican Civil War,General P. T. Beauregard watched the attack from theEdmondston-Alston House?
316. Did You Know that the French missionary and explorerProsper Philippe Augouard was dubbed "Cannibal Bishop"?
315. Did You Know thatThomas Elfe, a contemporary ofThomas Chippendale, was the most successful furniture craftsman inCharleston in the eighteenth century?
314. Did You Know thatSchloss Warthausen has been the home of famous historical personages like authorsChristoph Martin Wieland andSophie von La Roche, and painterJohann Heinrich Tischbein?
313. Did You Know that theThomas Elfe House is the oldest house inCharleston that is open to the public?
312. Did You Know that thePony Express bible was given only with a signedfrontier pledge of loyalty, honesty, and sobriety?
311. Did You Know that United States presidentAbraham Lincoln learned his ABCs when he attended ablab school which he walked to in his youth?
310. Did You Know thatcellarettes were designed with3-D optical illusion art to conceal their illegal alcoholic beverages duringprohibition in the United States?
309. Did You Know thatEleonora de Cisneros, an American opera singer, promoted the sale of Liberty bonds more than any other person during World War I?
308. Did You Know thatCordelia E. Cook, the first woman to receive theBronze Star Medal, was also awarded thePurple Heart?
307. Did You Know thatMary Babnik Brown was the first woman to have her hair used ascrosshairs in military aircraftbombsights?
306. Did You Know thatIsaac Collins published the first American family Bible?
305. Did You Know thatJuliana R. Force brought about the first public showing of Americanfolk art in the United States?
304. Did You Know thatMary E. Clarke was the first woman to achieve the rank ofmajor general in the United States Army?
303. Did You Know thatJane Aitken was the first woman to print an English-language Bible in the United States?
302. Did You Know thatMary Hamilton Swindler was the first woman editor-in-chief of theAmerican Journal of Archaeology (1932–46) since its inception in 1885?
301. Did You Know thatElizabeth Burchinal, considered America's leading authority on folk dancing, organized large folk dance gatherings – one in particular involving 10,000 schoolgirls?
300. Did You Know thatVirginia Mae Brown, the "'First Lady of Transportation", was the first woman chairman of theInterstate Commerce Commission since its inception in 1887?
299. Did You Know thatNicholas More was the first judge in colonial America to be impeached?
298. Did You Know thatAlexander Purdie'sVirginia Gazette was the first American newspaper to publish the complete full text of theUnited States Declaration of Independence?
297. Did You Know thatElizabeth Timothy was the first female publisher of a newspaper in America?
296. Did You Know that the American colonial newspaper publisherJohn Holt has been labeled by a modern day historian "the most important Radical printer outside Boston" during theAmerican Revolution?
295. Did You Know thatWilliam Hunter printed the firstGeorge Washington official report?
294. Did You Know that theWilliamsburg publisherJoseph Royle refused to print the 1765Virginia Resolves in hisVirginia Gazette newspaper, causingThomas Jefferson to intervene with an opposing newspaper?
293. Did You Know that the American colonial printerWilliam Parks established four new newspapers in his lifetime?
292. Did You Know thatJohn Ratcliff is the first identifiable bookbinder in America?
291. Did You Know thatthe Algonquian Bible was the firstChristian Bible to be published in America?
290. Did You Know that soldiers inCromwell's army were issued asoldier's pocket version of the Geneva Bible, with just 16 pages of verses all of which pertained to war?
289. Did You Know thatSpiritual Milk for Boston Babes is the first known children's book published in America?
288. Did You Know that althoughGeorge Livermore dropped out of school at the age of 14, he was given an honorarymaster of arts degree byHarvard College?
287. Did You Know thatHezekiah Usher was the first known colonial bookseller in thethirteen colonies?
285 & 286. Did You Know thatBenjamin Hale was the first instructor of thefirst vocational trade school in the United States?
284. Did You Know thatBenjamin Hanks is considered to be the first to makebronze cannons andchurch bells in America?
283. Did You Know that theRotolactor was the first invention for milking a large quantity of cows successively and largely automatically?
282. Did You Know that printerSamuel Keimer gaveBenjamin Franklin his first paying job?
281. Did You Know thatJohn Buttencourt Avila has been called the father of thesweet potato industry?
280. Did You Know that theAmerican Motor League was the first automobile organization formed in the United States?
279. Did You Know thatWilliam Calvin Chase took over theWashington Bee in 1882 and turned it into "one of the most influential African American newspapers in the country"?
278. Did You Know thatIDT Megabite Cafe is considered to be the world's firstkoshercybercafe?
277 & 276. Did You Know thatWilliam M. Brish was instrumental in developing thefirst closed circuit television network for public elementary schools?
275. Did You Know thatLouis Duret was the chief physician to KingCharles IX and his brother KingHenry III?
274. Did You Know thatThe Long Short Cut is the first book printed completely by electronically controlledtypesetting?
273. Did You Know thatProject Loon is a project by Google to send thousands of high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere to beam wireless Internet to remote locations worldwide?
272. Did You Know thatReuben T. Durrett was a founder of theLouisville Free Public Library?
271. Did You Know that Saint Illtyd Church onCaldey Island, established in the 6th century, is reputedly the oldest Celtic church in Wales?
270. Did You Know thatThe Three Musketeers were the nucleus engineers of theChrysler Corporation?
269. Did You Know that theSealyham Terrier was created atSealyham House inPembrokeshire,Wales?
268. Did You Know thatGeorge Ronan was the firstWest Point graduate to be killed in battle?
267. Did You Know thatFrederick Morrell Zeder became chief engineer ofStudebaker Automobile Company at the age of 28?
266. Did You Know thatOwen Ray Skelton is credited with engineering a rubber engine mount system for cars known as "floating power" to greatly cut down on engine vibration to the chassis?
265. Did You Know thatCarl Breer was one of the core engineering people who formed the present dayChrysler Corporation?
264. Did You Know thatEugene Turenne Gregorie was a designer of the 1936Lincoln-Zephyr, referred to as "the first successfully streamlined car in America"?
263. Did You Know that much likeAnne Frank's diary, the letters ofPhilip Slier, discovered more than fifty years after his death, reveal the history ofNazi-controlled Netherlands through a personal perspective?
262. Did You Know that in 1849Justin Butterfield was appointedcommissioner of theGeneral Land Office in preference toAbraham Lincoln?
261. Did You Know thatMattheus Marinus Schepman's most significant work is "TheProsobranchia of the Siboga expedition", a publication of 494 pages encompassing 212 genera and 1,467 species of snails and slugs?
260 & 259 & 258 & 257 & 256 & 255 & 254 & 253 & 252 & 251 & 250 & 249 & 248 & 247 & 246 & 245 & 244 & 243 & 242 & 241 & 240 & 239 & 238 & 237 & 236 & 235 & 234 & 233 & 232 & 231. Did You Know that samples ofmoon rock and lunar dust soil from theApollo 11 andApollo 17 missions, mounted on wooden plaque displays especially forBrazil,Canada,Cyprus,Honduras,Ireland,Malta,Netherlands,Nicaragua,Norway,Romania,Spain, andSweden, plus the states ofAlaska,Arkansas,California,Colorado,Delaware,Hawaii(pictured),Illinois,Missouri,Nebraska,New Jersey,New Mexico,New York,North Carolina,Oregon, andWest Virginia, were later reported missing by many of the recipients?
230 & 229 & 228 & 227 & 226 & 225 & 224. Did You Know that throughout U.S. history, different types ofmail bags have been calledmail pouch,mail sack,mail satchel,catcher pouch,mochila saddle mailbag(pictured), andportmanteau depending on form, function, place and time?
223. Did You Know that theGeneral Prologue of the Wycliffe Bible was not done byJohn Wycliffe?
222. Did You Know thatHenry Knighton was the first historian ofLollardy?
221. Did You Know that members of theBritish Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors include United Kingdom's most experienced and successful songwriters likeMick Jagger,Paul McCartney andElton John?
220. Did You Know thatablaq is anArabic term for the use in stonework of alternating or fluctuating rows of light and dark color stone?
219. Did You Know thatChristopher Werner made a lifelike South CarolinaPalmetto tree out of iron, copper, and brass?
218. Did You Know thatMildred Seydell was one of the first women newspaper journalists in the State of Georgia while breaking the gender barrier in journalism?
217. Did You Know thatIrishplastererJohn Henry Devereux became a noted architect in South Carolina, designing achurch(pictured) that was the state's tallest building for 101 years?
216. Did You Know that Abraham Lincoln was the only U.S. president to havea registered patent to an invention?
215. Did You Know that despite the devastation of thesecond U.S. Patent Office fire(pictured), in a supposedly fireproof building, not one patent was lost?
214. Did You Know that the U.S.Patent Office 1836 fire occurred in the same building that housed the local fire department?
213. Did You Know that theExperiment was a boat powered by horses running on atreadmill and propelled by a then-novel type ofscrew propeller?
212. Did You Know thatWilliam Hamlin was the firstengraver for the state of Rhode Island?
211. Did You Know that theRed Cross(pictured) is a kitchen stove?
210. Did You Know thatotium, a Latin term, has a variety of meanings including leisure time in which a person can enjoy eating, playing, resting, contemplation and academic endeavors?
209. Did You Know that ancient scholars considered theMutiny at Sucro the most important event ofScipio Africanus' early military career?
207 & 208. Did You Know that in hisFlorentine Chronicle,Baldassarre Bonaiuti, tells how during theBlack Death of 1348 sick people in Florence were abandoned by their families?
206. Did You Know thatGottfried Schloemer(pictured with car) is considered by some to have built the first practical gasoline automobile in the United States?
205. Did You Know that theMcArthur Mining Company was Michigan's first coal mine?
204. Did You Know amotocycle is not a two-wheeled bicycle with an engine, but a four-wheeledautomobile with amotor?
203. Did You Know thatCharles Brady King made and drove the first automobile(pictured) inDetroit—three months beforeHenry Ford made his?
202. Did You Know that theGuild of St. Bernulphus, a guild trade union of churchGothic Revival architecture, was operated more like a jovial feasting fraternity than a scholarly society?
201. Did You Know thatWilhelm Victor Alfred Tepe had a virtual monopoly on the building of new Catholic churches inUtrecht from 1872 until 1882?
200. Did You Know thatFriedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg was a nineteenth century German-Dutch sculptor who built church interiors in theGothic Revival style?
199. Did You Know that in 1852Franz Johann Joseph Bock founded the first large exhibition of ancient masterpieces of Christian art?
198. Did You Know that thefirst transcontinental trip by a solar-powered vehicle was completed in 1983?
197. Did You Know that theSunmobile, world's first solar-powered automobile, was demonstrated in a 1955 General Motors car show?
196. Did You Know that theCloth of St Gereon is the oldest known European tapestry still existing?
195. Did You Know that the first woman to write a book on childbirth wasLouise Bourgeois Boursier?
194. Did You Know that the oldest knownmuseum labels are from c. 1900 BCE, describing 2000 BCE objects?
193. Did You Know that thefirst life insurance company was founded in 1706?
192. Did You Know thatthe first car that had a body entirely of plastic was manufactured by theFord Motor Company in 1941?
191. Did You Know that theNatural Bridges National Monument Solar Power System inUtah was the world's largestsolar cell power plant when it opened in 1980?
190. Did You Know thatHamburger Feuerkasse was the first official fire insurance company established in the world?
189 & 188. Did You Know thatPrincess Ennigaldi, daughter of the last Neo-Babylonian kingNabonidus, createdthe world's first museum(ruins pictured)?
187. Did You Know that thefirst manual on a double-entry bookkeeping system was written byBenedikt Kotruljevic in 1458, more than 36 years earlier than previously thought?
186. Did You Know that theworld's largest pelican is over 15 feet (4.6 m) high?
185. Did You Know that alarge waterbag (pictured) can bring water toCalifornia and, according to its inventor, peace to theMiddle East? (received 27,800 hits + 4,400 hits next day)
184 & 183. Did You Know that apile of junk wooden pallets built up byDaniel Van Meter became a cultural historic monument?
182 & 181. Did You Know thatNels Johnson builtCentury tower clocks, designed to last 100 years?
180 & 179 & 178 & 177. Did You Know thatWilliam Austin Burt was the first to invent aworkable typewriter in America, as well as a workablesolar compass(pictured), a solar use surveying instrument, and anequatorial sextant, a precision navigational aid to determine with one observation the location of a ship at sea?
176. Did You Know thatEber Brock Ward built the firstBessemer steel mill in theUnited States?
175. Did You Know thatJustus Smith Stearns built the first all electric sawmill in the United States?
174 & 173 & 172 & 171. Did You Know thatGiovanni de Ventura, aplague doctor who may have worn abeak doctor costume(pictured), was restricted bya covenant to treat only infectious patients?
170. Did You Know that an 18th-century soldier,court-martialed for sleeping at his post, swore that he heard the clock ofSt Paul's Cathedralstrike 13 times – and other witnesses corroborated it, saving his life?
169. Did You Know that the tainted wine from anantimonial cup(examples pictured) was used to make oneself vomit?
168. Did You Know that physicianCharles de Lorme (1584–1678) prescribed aneye cosmetic concoction to French kingsHenry IV andLouis XIII as a medicine?
167. Did You Know that theBenson raft(pictured) was a huge sea-going log raft designed to transport millions of board-feet of timber at a time through the open ocean?
166. Did You Know that theSweeTango is a new variety of apple, nota romantic dance?
165. Did You Know that fragrantsachets were used byQueen Isabella of Spain?
164. Did You Know that King of FranceLouis XIV (1638–1715) usedtoilet water for his shirts and called it "heavenly water"?
163. Did You Know thatcameline, a middle ages "cheap" fabric ofcamel's hair, is considered by some authorities to be what we call todaycashmere?
162. Did You Know that the overhead awning for theColosseum was saturated withscented water which dripped on spectators' heads to cool them?
161. Did You Know that theStar Watch Case Company made a"Moonwatch" that was worn by astronautWally Schirra on a trip to the moon?
160. Did You Know thatAntoine Ephrem Cartier can trace his family history line back 400 years toJacques Cartier, French explorer who claimed Canada for France?
159. Did You Know thatWarren Antoine Cartier was a neighbor ofThomas Edison,Henry Ford andHarvey Firestone?
158 & 157. Did You Know thatErie J. Sauder was aMennonite cabinetmaker with only an eighth grade education when he started theready-to-assemble furniture industry?
156. Did You Know that Wikipedia coversthe whole shebang?
155. Did You Know that theHot and Hot Fish Club was agentlemen's club dedicated toepicurean pursuits?
154. Did You Know that hundreds of words still in use today, includingaccident, cinnamon, desk, scissors, vacation, andValentine, first appear inmanuscripts written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 1300s?
153. Did You Know thatGiovanni Caselli made the world's first practical operating fax machine 11 years before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone?
152. Did You Know thatConrad Hubert was the first commercial vendor of flashlights?
151. Did You Know that the electricflash-lamp, aphotographer's light source, was used as an underwatermine detonator fuse?
150. Did You Know thatJayco, the largest privately held manufacturer of recreational vehicles (collapsible model pictured) in North America, has mostlyAmish andMennonite employees?
149. Did You Know that acar cooler(pictured) is an early type automobile "air conditioner" that has been around since 1930?
148. Did You Know that theAgricultural Museum was the first agricultural periodicaljournal published in the United States?
147. Did You Know thatBeatriz Enriquez de Arana was the mistress ofChristopher Columbus(pictured)?
146. Did You Know thatFrancesco Procopio dei Coltelli(pictured) opened a Frenchbrasserie in 1686 that was permitted by King Louis XIV?
145. Did You Know that theNebraska House(pictured) in Virginia was so named because Colonel Samuel D. McDearmon's wife refused to move to Nebraska?
144 & 143. Did You Know thatMarc Sautet started the philosophical cafe known asCafé Philosophique?
142. Did You Know thatFrançois Coignet was the first builder to use ironreinforced concrete?
141. Did You Know that thePraise of the Two Lands was the first reference to a ship bearing a name?
140. Did You Know thatThe Ladies' Mercury was the first periodical publication designed just for women?
139. Did You Know that the first use of the format of theadvice column was inThe Athenian Mercury in 1690?
138. Did You Know that theDokos shipwreck is the oldest known underwater shipwreck discovery known toarcheologists?
137. Did You Know thatSamuel D. McDearmon played a significant role in the development ofAppomattox, Virginia?
136. Did You Know that theDaniel Cragin Mill is the only remaining operating water-powered measure mill in the United States?
135. Did You Know that the timeline of theConclusion of the American Civil War shows there were several surrenders after April 9, 1865?
134. Did You Know thatFrank Atwood Huntington became the first person to patent a gasoline engine propelled vehicle?
133 & 132 & 131 & 130 & 129 & 128 & 127 & 126 & 125 & 124 & 123 & 122 & 121 & 120 & 119 & 118. Did You Know that theAppomattox Park(pictured) has aCourt-house,Tavern,Jail,Store andPrizery, theBocock-Isbell,McLean,Peers andWright houses, theSweeney andSweeney-Conner cabins, theJones andWoodson law offices,ruins andcemeteries?
117 & 116 & 115 & 114 & 113 & 112 & 111 & 110 & 109. Did You Know thatJohn W. Lambert in 1891 made thefirst U.S. car for sale as well asUnion cars andLambert cars using hisgasoline engines andgearless transmissions for theUnion car company andLambert car company as subsiduaries of theBuckeye Manufacturing Company?
108 & 107 & 106 & 105 & 104. Did You Know thatRoyal Page Davidson, son of Northwestern Military Academy founderHarlan Page Davidson, invented the first U.S.military car andfully armored car as well as alightly armored car?
103 & 102 & 101 & 100. Did You Know that theFremont Canning Company, owned byFrank Daniel Gerber andDaniel Frank Gerber and known for itsGerber Baby logo, pioneered the commercial baby food industry in the U.S.?
99 & 98 & 97. Did You Know thatFlat Top Manor, built by textile industrialistMoses H. Cone in 1900, gets nearly 250,000 visitors annually as the main feature of theMoses H. Cone Memorial Park in North Carolina?
96 & 95. Did You Know thatJohn Stuart Skinner and Francis Scott Key were on a mercy mission to get backDr. William Beanes from British hands, when Key was inspired to write "The Star Spangled Banner?"
94 & 93. Did You Know that the first modern time capsule wasThornwell Jacobs’Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, due to be opened May 28, 8113?
92 & 91. Did You Know that the two-inch-tall people ofThe Teenie Weenies were a Chicago Tribune comic strip written byWilliam Donahey for over 50 years?
90 & 89. Did You Know that theJulian Price Memorial Park, developed inJulian Price’s honor, and the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park are the largest developed recreational areas on the Blue Ridge Parkway?
88 & 87. Did You Know thatSilas C. Overpack'sMichigan logging wheels, designed to haul logs across rough terrain, were nine to ten feet high and always painted red?
86. Did You Know thatCharles Dinsmoor invented the endless chain tractor in 1886, forerunner of thecontinuous track vehicle?
85. Did You Know thatWalter Scott Lenox produced the first set of American-madechina dishware(pictured) for theWhite House?
84. Did You Know thatJohn B. Curtis made the first commercially availablechewing gum?
83. Did You Know thatWhitcomb L. Judson is recognized as the inventor of thezipper?
82. Did You Know thatGeorge J. Seabury withRobert Wood Johnson I developed amedicated adhesive plaster(pictured) with a rubber base as a precursor to theJohnson & JohnsonBand-Aid?
81. Did You Know thatLeverett Candee became the first person in the world to manufacturerubber footwear?
80. Did You Know thatHenry Pitkin and his brother produced the first American-designedpocket watches(pictured) with machine-made parts?
79. Did You Know thatBernard Courtois was the discoverer ofiodine(crystal structure shown)?
78. Did You Know that the firstplatform scale was built in 1830 byThaddeus Fairbanks(pictured) to measure large loads accurately?
77. Did You Know thatHenry Fitz was the firstAmerican to makerefractor telescopes and constructed the largest refracting telescopes in America on five different occasions?
76. Did You Know that the curfew law associated with thecurfew bell started byAlfred the Great was abolished byHenry I of England?
75. Did You Know thatHarrison Gray Dyar erected the first telegraph line and dispatched over it the first telegraph message ever sent in America?
74. Did You Know thatWilliam Jay Bolton was the first artist in the United States to design and manufacture figuralstained glass windows?
73. Did You Know thatWilliam Munroe was the first manufacturer ofpencils in theUnited States?
72. Did You Know thatAmasa Holcomb was the first in theUnited States to manufacturetelescopes?
71. Did You Know that thePickle Barrel House(pictured), a cabin built of two largebarrels, is based oncomic strip characters that were two inches (5 cm) tall and lived in a pickle barrel?
70. Did You Know that from 1908 theCone Mills Corporation(mill pictured) was the world's largest producer ofdenim fabric , making its founderMoses H. Cone the "Denim King?"
69. Did You Know that theCone sisters(pictured) were friends ofGertrude Stein and amassed a collection of artwork ofPicasso,Renoir,Gauguin andvan Gogh – now worth one billion dollars?
68. Did You Know thatKitch-iti-kipi is Michigan's largest freshwater spring and a major tourist attraction?
67. Did You Know that a youngblack aspiring actor by the name ofJames Earl Jones had his beginnings at theRamsdell Theatre inManistee, Michigan?
66. Did You Know thatThomas Jefferson Ramsdell built theopera house whereJames Earl Jones started his career?
65. Did You Know thatJacob Earl Fickel is credited with firing the first gunshots from an airplane?
64. Did You Know thatLouis Timothee was the first publiclibrarian in the United States?
63. Did You Know thatTheresa Elmendorf was the first woman president of theAmerican Library Association?
62. Did You Know that the firstlibrary catalog was thePinakes developed by the firstbibiliographerCallimachus of Cyrene at theLibrary of Alexandria?
61. Did You Know thatBibliotheca universalis was the first modernbibliography of importance done by the "father of bibliography",Conrad Gesner?
60. Did You Know thatConrad Gessner's 1551 bookHistoriae animalium is the first use offossil illustrations(pictured)?
59. Did You Know thatDictes and Sayings of the Philosophers is the first dated book printed inEngland?
58. Did You Know that Confederate forces won the last battle at theend of the American Civil War?
57. Did You Know thatBellifortis is the first illustrated manual of military techology?
56. Did You Know that the biographyVita Karoli Magni on the life ofCharlemagne is the first of a medieval European king?
55. Did You Know that theDresden Codex is the earliest known book written in theAmericas?
54. Did You Know thatNonsuch House is the earliest documentedprefabricated building?
53. Did You Know thatCharlotte Guillard was the first European womanprinter of history?
52. Did You Know thatSumerian Farmer's Almanac is the first farmer'salmanac on record?
51. Did You Know thatKing Rother is the earliest knownSpielmannsdichtung heroicepic of wanderingminstrels?
50. Did You Know that theMarsala Ship is the firstwarship known fromarcheological evidence?
49. Did You Know thatGiovanni Soro was likely theWestern world's first greatcryptanalyst?
48. Did You Know that theFootprints of Eve are the oldest knownfootprints of ananatomically modern human?
47. Did You Know thatDaniel Kievsky was the firstRussiantravel-writer?
46. Did You Know thatHenry Clay Fry was the first to imitate cut glass from pressed blanks?
45. Did You Know thatClarence Saunders developed the firstself-service grocery store(pictured) concept into thefirst fully-automated grocery store concept?
44. Did You Know thatCaroline Reboux was known as the Queen of the Milliners?
43. Did You Know that in the Greek mythology tale ofIole,Deianira(pictured) inadvertently killed her husbandHeracles with alove charm because of jealousy?
42. Did You Know thatCharles Mears was known as the "Christopher Columbus of the West Coast"?
41. Did You Know that alaboratoryaccident byS. Donald Stookey led to theinvention ofCorningWare?
40. Did You Know that an image withinphotosensitive glass is the most durable form of photography and will last as long asglass itself?
39. Did You Know thatGeorgia Cayvan was the first person to wear a glass dress?
38. Did You Know thatMichigan'sLudington Public Library was claimed as the library that will last a thousand years?
37. Did You Know thatMichigan'sMason County District Library is an umbrella entity that administers two libraries?
36. Did You Know thatJames Ludington never lived inLudington, Michigan – the town that bears his name?
35. Did You Know thatBurr Caswell built his farmhouse in 1849 out of olddriftwood and it is now a museum centerpiece?
34. Did You Know thatMason County, Michigan's courts used an old farmhouse untilthe county courthouse was built?
33. Did You Know thatPeter Lorillard may have been the firstAmerican publicly referred to as a "millionaire"?
32. Did You Know thatCarl Johan Cronstedt increased theefficiency ofwood-burning stoves in the18th century by a factor of eight?
31. Did You Know thatSalvador Toscano Barragán wasMexico's firstfilmmaker?
30. Did You Know thatSarah Thompson was the first Americancountess?
29. Did You Know that theGlass Pavilion(pictured), aprismatic glassdome structure built for the1914 Werkbund Exhibition, was destroyed after the exhibition?
28. Did You Know thatJoseph Nathan Kane had personal possession ofAmerica's firstfountain pen and the 1849patent model for America's firstsafety pin?
27. Did You Know thatThomas Kimmwood Peters was the onlynewsreel photographer to film theSan Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906?
26. Did You Know that one of the founders of theInternational Time Capsule Society estimated that over 80 percent oftime capsules will be lost before they are opened?
25. Did You Know thatGeorge Edward Pendray coined the termtime capsule and created the wordlaundromat?
24. Did You Know that thebirth of public radio broadcasting was a live concert from theMetropolitan Opera House withEnrico Caruso as one of the opera singers?
23. Did You Know thatChristopher Columbus'sletter recounting hisfirst voyage, the first written description of America, was so popular it went through nine printed editions?
22. Did You Know thatOdo J. Struger is known as the "father of theprogrammable logic controller," an electronic device used in nearly every automated factory worldwide today?
21. Did You Know thatArchie J. Old Jr. completed the first round-the-world nonstop flight(route shown) by ajet-powered aircraft?
20. Did You Know thatLinda Finch is the first person to completeAmelia Earhart's unfinished final flight using the same aircraft type, aLockheed L-10 Electra?
19. Did You Know that theConscript Fathers were senators drafted for the ancientRoman Senate much likeconscription is a military draft?
18. Did You Know thatFactorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX is a collection of nearly 1,000 ancient historical anecdotes written byValerius Maximus?
17. Did You Know that thePort Oneida Rural Historic District is the largest historic agricultural community fully protected by government ownership in theUnited States?
16. Did You Know that thePierce Stocking Scenic Drive was originally a route called the Sleeping Bear Dunes Park?
15. Did You Know thatMary Augusta Dickerson found it inspirational to write herchildren's books inside aPickle Barrel House?
14. Did You Know that theGolden Age Passport has been replaced by the "Senior Pass" of the new pass series now called "America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass"?
13. Did You Know thatA Stillness at Appomattox byBruce Catton won the1954 Pulitzer Prize in history?
12. Did You Know that theaccolade(pictured) was a ceremony forknighthood in theMiddle Ages?
11. Did You Know thatlithophane(example pictured) is an artwork inporcelain that can only be seen clearly when lit from behind?
10. Did You Know that theKaleva Bottle House was built using over 60,000bottles?
9. Did You Know thatMichigan Limestone and Chemical Company is the world's largest limestone quarry?
8. Did You Know that the land acquisitions for theSouthern Railway's Spencer Shops in 1896 were secretly done to preventland speculation?
7. Did You Know that the tinyDinkey Train of only a passenger coach and dummy engine went to theMammoth Caves?
6. Did You Know thatJohn Caldwell was originally given the name at birth ofGeorge Washington Caldwell because he was born on the Fourth of July?
5. Did You Know that only one of the twenty sixtunnels on theBlue Ridge Parkway is inVirginia?
4. Did You Know that theFolk Art Center(pictured) located inAsheville, North Carolina is the most popular attraction on theBlue Ridge Parkway with 250,000 visitors per year?
3. Did You Know that theWestinghouse Time Capsules (pictured) of the1939 New York World's Fair and the1964 New York World's Fair were made of special metalalloys to resistcorrosion for 5000 years, the time span of all previous recorded human history?
2. Did You Know thatHeinrich Steinhowel, a 15th-century German scholar andhumanist who was physician toEberhard, Count of Württemberg, is better known for translatingAesop's Fables into German?
1. Did You Know that theAugustinian monkDionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro arranged for the crowning ofFrancesco Petrarch as the firstpoet laureate since antiquity?
