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Friday, December 20, 2013

Did you know that in 1975 was the first time that 2 black head coaches faced against each other in the NBA finals?

Did you know that Bill Russell was the first black head coach in the NBA?

Did you know that Bill Russell was the first black head coach in the NBA to win a championship?

Did you know that Bill Russell Russell was the first black player coach in both 1968 and 1969 when the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the finals?

Did you know that Russell won 11 rings as a player and 2 rings as a coach?

Did you know that Phil Jackson won 2 rings as a player and 11 rings as a coach?








Did you know that Attles was the second African-American coaches in the NBA when he was named player-coach of the Warriors midway through the 1969-70 season, succeeding George Lee?


Al Attles
Did you know that in 1975 was the first time that 2 black head coaches faced against each other in the NBA finals?
K.C. Jones







Did you know that Al Attles coached Golden State Warriors who defeated the  K.C. Jones Washington Bullets 4-0 in the finals for the NBA Championship?






Tony Dungy
Lovie Smith
Did you know that in February of 2007 Super Bowl XLI, it was the first time two Black Head coaches matched up against each other on
Super Bowl Sunday?

Did you know that Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts prevailed over
Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears becoming the first black head coach?.






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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Did you know that Jerry Robinson self-proclaimed creator of the Joker?

Did you know that Jerry Robinson, was an American comic book artist known for his work on DC Comics' Batman line of comics during the 1940s?

Did you know that Jerry Robinson self-proclaimed creator of the Joker?

Did you know that Robinson was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2004?


Did you know that Sherrill David Robinson died on December 7, 2011 and he was 89?


(January 1, 1922 – December 7, 2011)





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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Did you know that Kareem won three consecutive national championship basketball titles when he played at UCLA?

Did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar birth name was Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.?




 Did you know that Kareem was born April 16, 1947?

Did you know that Kareem is a retired American professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers?


Did you know that during his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member?

Did you know that Kareem was a member of six NBA championship teams, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP.?

Did you know that Kareem in 1969 was the first-ever Naismith College Player of the Year?.


Did you know that when Kareem started playing High School ball he was 6 foot 8 inch player?[14][15]

Did you know that Kareem led Power Memorial Academy to three straight New York City Catholic championships, a 71-game winning streak, and a 79–2 overall record?[16]

Did you know that Kareem scored over 2,067 total points which is a New York City high school record?[14]

Did you know that Kareem won three consecutive national championship basketball titles when he played  at UCLA?

Did you know that Kareem adopted the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. after winning his first NBA championship in 1971?

Did you know that the name  "sky hook" became his trademark shot, which helped him established himself as one of the league's top scorers?

Did you know that at the time of Kareem retirement in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's all-time leader in points scored (38,387), games played (1,560), minutes played (57,446), field goals made (15,837), field goal attempts (28,307), blocked shots (3,189), defensive rebounds (9,394), and personal fouls (4,657)?

Did you know that in 2008, ESPN named him Kareem "greatest player in college basketball history"?[6]

Did you know that Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, and a best-selling author?[7][8]

Did you know that Kareem as of the 2011–2012 season, he still holds or shares a number of individual records at UCLA?[22]
  • Highest career scoring average: 26.4;
  • Most career field goals: 943 (tied with Don MacLean);
  • Most points in a season: 870 (1967);
  • Highest season scoring average: 29.0 (1967);
  • Most field goals in a season: 346 (1967);
  • Most free throw attempts in a season: 274 (1967);
  • Most points in a single game: 61;
  • Most field goals in a single game: 26 (vs. Washington State, February 25, 1967).






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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Did you know that Doctor who is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world?


Did you know that Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC?

Did you know that Doctor Who is depicts the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien?


Did you know that Doctor Who has received recognition as one of Britain's finest television programmes, winning the 2006 British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series and five consecutive (2005–2010) awards at the National Television Awards during Russell T Davies's tenure as executive producer?[2][3]

Did you know that in 2011, Matt Smith became the first Doctor to be nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor?

Did you know that in 2013, the Peabody Awards honoured Doctor Who with an Institutional Peabody "for evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe?"[4]

Did you know that Doctor who is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world?[5]

Did you know that Doctor who has the "most successful" science fiction series of all time—based on its over-all broadcast ratings, DVD and book sales, and iTunes traffic—[6] and for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama with its 50th anniversary special?[7]


Did you know that Doctor Who originally ran from 1963 to 1989?

Did you know that eleven actors have headlined the series as the Doctor?

Did you know that the transition from one actor of Doctor who to another,  is written into the plot of the show as regeneration, a life process of Time Lords through which the character of the Doctor takes on a new body and, to some extent, new personality, which occurs after sustaining injury which would be fatal to most other species?






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Monday, December 16, 2013

Did you know that Meryl Streep has more nominations than any other actor in the history of either award?

Did you know that Mary Louise Streep; is an American actress of theater, television, and film?

Did you know That Meryl Streep is widely regarded as one of the greatest film actresses of all time?

 Did you know that Streep was born June 22, 1949?

Did you know that Streep has received 17 Academy Award nominations, winning three?

Did you know that Streep had 28 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight?

Did you know that Meryl Streep has more nominations than any other actor in the history of either award?

Did you know that Streep work has earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, five New York Film Critics Circle Awards, two BAFTA awards, two Australian Film Institute awards, five Grammy Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination, amongst several others?

Did you know that streep was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts, the youngest actor in each award's history?






Did you know that President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of Arts?






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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Did you know that O'Toole was nominated eight times for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, making him the most-nominated actor never to win the award?

Did you know  that Peter James O'Toole was an Irish-born, British reared and educated actor.[2]

Did you know that Peter O' Toole died on 14 December 2013, he was 81?

Did you know that O'Toole won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA and an Emmy, and was the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award in 2003?

 Did you know that O'Toole was nominated eight times for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, making him the most-nominated actor never to win the award?






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Friday, December 13, 2013

Did you know that Herb Alpert is the only recording artist to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You," 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise," 1979)?

Did you know that Herbert Alpert  is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass?

Did you know that Herb Alpert was born March 31, 1935?

Did you know that Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the "A" of A&M Records recording label?


Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
Did you know that Alpert and business partner founded and eventually sold to Polygram?
Jerry Moss




Did you know that Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one albums and 28 albums total on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen platinum albums and fifteen gold albums?

Did you know that as of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide?[2][3][4]

Did you know that Herb Alpert is the only recording artist to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You," 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise," 1979)?






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Did you Know

Did you know that the average human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons? These remarkable cells form intricate networks, allowing us to think, feel, and experience the world around us. Each neuron communicates with others through electrical impulses, creating a symphony of thoughts, memories, and emotions. So next time you ponder life’s mysteries, remember that your brain is orchestrating a cosmic dance of neurons!