Good morning and welcome to Tuesday, Phoenix friends and family! Hope everyone is staying safe and toasty warm today.
It’s been awhile, so thought we’d do some trivia today. Today’s trivia will be about history and historical events.
• Fourteenth century physicians didn't know what caused the plague, but they knew it was contagious. As a result, they wore an early kind of bio protective suit which included a large beaked head piece. The beak of the head piece, which made them look like large birds, was filled with vinegar, sweet oils and other strong smelling compounds to counteract the stench of the dead and dying plague victims.
• Grand Rapids, Michigan was the 1st US city to fluoridate its water in 1945.
• In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls - to 12.
• Martha Washington in the only woman whose portrait has ever appeared on a US currency note. Her portrait was on the face of the $1 silver certificate issues of 1886 and 1891, and on the back of the $1 silver certificate of 1896. Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony are the only women pictured on a US coin. Both were honored on a dollar coin.
• Members of the Nazi SS had their blood type tattooed on their armpits.
• New Orleans' first Mardi Gras celebration was held in February, 1826.
• The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
• The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BC.
• The seven wonders of the ancient world were: ... 1. Egyptian Pyramids at Giza ... 2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon ... 3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia ... 4. Colossus of Rhodes - or huge bronze statue near the Harbor of Rhodes that honored the sun god Helios ... 5. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ... 6. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ... 7. Lighthouse at Alexandria.
• The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
• Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
It’s been awhile, so thought we’d do some trivia today. Today’s trivia will be about history and historical events.
• Fourteenth century physicians didn't know what caused the plague, but they knew it was contagious. As a result, they wore an early kind of bio protective suit which included a large beaked head piece. The beak of the head piece, which made them look like large birds, was filled with vinegar, sweet oils and other strong smelling compounds to counteract the stench of the dead and dying plague victims.
• Grand Rapids, Michigan was the 1st US city to fluoridate its water in 1945.
• In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls - to 12.
• Martha Washington in the only woman whose portrait has ever appeared on a US currency note. Her portrait was on the face of the $1 silver certificate issues of 1886 and 1891, and on the back of the $1 silver certificate of 1896. Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony are the only women pictured on a US coin. Both were honored on a dollar coin.
• Members of the Nazi SS had their blood type tattooed on their armpits.
• New Orleans' first Mardi Gras celebration was held in February, 1826.
• The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
• The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BC.
• The seven wonders of the ancient world were: ... 1. Egyptian Pyramids at Giza ... 2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon ... 3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia ... 4. Colossus of Rhodes - or huge bronze statue near the Harbor of Rhodes that honored the sun god Helios ... 5. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ... 6. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ... 7. Lighthouse at Alexandria.
• The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
• Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
And now you know!
Have a fangtastic day my friends!<3 Brock V"""V
Have a fangtastic day my friends!<3 Brock V"""V
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