Mike Carruthers:
You probably learned in school that on Paul Revere’s famous ride
he shouted, “ The British Are Coming”, however… Stanley
Newman:
Paul Revere did not shout the "British" are coming.
The reason why he would not have shouted that is, at the time
of Paul Revere’s ride, American colonists considered themselves
British subjects, so that was not the word they would have used
Stanley
Newman, author of the book, 10,000
Answers...
Based
on our extensive research we’ve found that Paul Revere shouted,
“The Regulars are out”. Regulars being the term American colonials
used for British soldiers.
Did you know there’s a misspelling on the liberty
bell?
Pennsylvania,
of all things, is misspelled. It has only one “n” in the beginning,
"P-e-n-s-y-l-v-a-n-i-a."
There
is some interesting information about hockey player, Wayne Gretzky.
According
to Mr. Gretzky’s last pro-contract with the New York Rangers,
he receives two tickets to every event held in Madison Square
Garden and will continue to do so for the rest of his life.
And the
phrase “Catch-22” didn’t start out that way.
The famous
novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller was originally called Catch-18
(doesn’t sound nearly as catchy now). The reason it was changed
back then is there was a novel by Leo Uris called Mila 18 that
had just been published, and the publisher didn’t want anyone
to be confused. So, they renamed it Catch-22.
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