Did you know......?

Question

...that:
~an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain?
~"The Yellow Rose of Texas" is actually named after a slave girl named Emiy?
~the only times Woodrow Wilson allowed african-americans in his office ended with him physically throwing them out?
~Spain's Queen Victoria only bathed twice in her entire lifetime?

Just a little bit of trivia.

sorry~spelling error, that is : Emily

Soelo: Weird History 101 by John Richard Stephens, pg 259.

I recently did a research paper on: the alteration of historical facts and events in our youths textbooks "to tell the facts optimistically and inspire the children with patriotism."

Answer 1

Gee I must be unique in that I have a light in my fridge and freezer. That queen would have had many nose gays for her guests. There was a a belief by people in the dark ages that if you had maggots in open wounds you were a lucky person.

Answer 2

"the only times Woodrow Wilson allowed african-americans in his office ended with him physically throwing them out?"

Do you have some proof of this? Many famous people are accused of saying/doing very racist things and the claims turn out to be false (see Elvis, Lauryn Hill, and Tommy Hilfigger)

Answer 3

Was her name Emily or Emiy? I want to know so I too can impress friends at parties.

Answer 4

V. interesting about Queen Vicky. I knew the rest.

Answer 5

Did you know that Woodrow Wilson is on the hundred thousand dollar bill? :)

Answer 6

Wow thank you. I only knew about the yellow rose of texas.

Answer 7

When people were obsessed with degrees of blackness in the nineteenth century, there were many words to describe people with black ancestors. "Yellow" referred to the color of one's skin, and meant light-skinned or almost white.

Answer 8

and here is some things to think about...
why is america so corrupt?
why is there a light in the fridge, but not the freezer?

Answer 9

another reason to never go to spain.

Answer 10

verrrrrrrrry interesting