Did you know who was the first actor to win 3 consecutive Emmy Awards?

Did you know that Bill Cosby was the first to win three consecutive Emmy awards for Best Actor in a Drama? That was "I Spy"!

Did you know who was the only black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl?

Did you know that Doug Williams is the only black quarterback to start and win the Super Bowl.










Did you know that these are the Black QB's to start a Super Bowl, but not win include:

Steve McNair - Titans, 1999












Donovan Mcnabb - Eagles, 2004

Did you know the longest prime time detective drama series?

Did you know that Murder, She Wrote (1984 - 1996) was the one of the longest running prime time detective drama series in US TV history.
Angela Lansbury played Jessica Fletcher, she was one of the highest paid actresses in the world.

Did you know she also holds a record as the most nominated lead actress without a win in the prime time Emmy awards (with 12 nominations).

Did you know who was nominated 18 before she won an emmy?

Did you know it only took eighteen nominations, before Susan won her first Emmy? It came as a shock to both her as well as the viewing audience when she finally won in 1999.

Did you know that a cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her life time?

Did you know these animal facts:
The average hen will lay 227 eggs a year

The female pig is the fastest barnyard mama. Miss Piggy gestates in three months, three weeks, and three days.

The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey with a female horse.

The poison arrow frogs of South and Central America are the most poisonous animals in the world.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

A cow drinks approx 1 bathtub full of water per day.

It takes 70-100 hours for a cow to digest it's food.

Fresh milk has a natural sweet taste

Light Cream is for Coffee and Heavy Cream is for whipping.

A cow gives approx 8 gals per day or enough
for over 100 people to have a glass of milk every day!

A cow must have a calf once a year to continue milking. A newborn Holstein calf is born with his/her eyes open, able to walk within one hour and weighing about 80 pounds.

Did you know why they called it black friday?

You have probably heard of "Black Friday". This is the the day after Thanksgiving when retail outlets offer special early bird sales and deals for the Holiday season. You may even have gotten up in the wee hours of the morning to go to the stores and get your share of these super special sales. If this is the case, you are sure not alone.

Each year, the stores are packed with crowds looking to save some money and bring home gifts at the lowest prices possible. If you have ever wondered why it is called Black Friday or how this tradition started, read on to learn more about the history of retail's biggest day of the year.

Did you know why it is Called "Black Friday"?

Interestingly enough, there are two ways that this shoppers holiday got it's name. At the very beginning of the tradition, people we so eager for deals that they swarmed the shopping centers. This resulted in traffic accidents and other unfortunate altercations amongst the crowds. Back in 1966, the Philadelphia Police Department coined the term "Black Friday" to describe this phenomenon.

The other meaning of the term came later and gets its origins from an accounting term to mean profit for the retailers. Where as being "in the red" indicates a loss, being "in the black" means profits. As the popularity of these sales caught on, retailers could expect a very profitable day on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

Black Friday has marked the beginning of the Holiday shopping season since the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924,. Before it was known by what we call it now, it was simply "After Thanksgiving Sales". Then as now it was one of the single busiest days of the year. During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt changed the date of Thanksgiving to a week earlier so that merchants could have more shopping days in the season in which to sell their wares.

These days, Black Friday has become so popular with shoppers that many larger retailers open their doors as early as Midnight on Thanksgiving in order to get the most hours out of the day.

Did you know that the average major league baseball pitcher last?

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!

Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!

Clinophobia is the fear of beds!

The average life span of a major league baseball last 5-7 years as a pitcher!

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!