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Sunday, November 7, 2021

Did you know that Wayne Brady also won two Emmys for Let's Make a Deal?

 Did you know that Wayne Brady is a five-time Emmy Award winner?

Dd you know that Brady won a Emmy for his work on Whose Line in 2003? 

Did you know that the Wayne Brady Show won two Emmy's?

Did you know that Wayne Brady won the Masked Singer?

Did you know that Wayne Brady also won two Emmys for Let's Make a Deal?

 He was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, for his cover of the Sam Cooke song "A Change Is Gonna Come".


 




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Did you know that Hepburn was one of the first actress to win back-to-back Oscars in 1967 & 1968?



Did you know that Katherine Hepburn is the only Actress to win 4 Oscars?

Did you know that Hepburn also won back-to-back Oscars in 1967 & 1968?

Did you know that On Golden Pond was Hepburn was her last Oscar that she won?







 




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Saturday, November 6, 2021

Did you know that there is an elusive Starbucks located in the CIA headquarters, and it's one of the busiest locations in the country?

"Stealthy Starbucks," or "Store Number 1" is nestled inside the CIA's Langley, Virginia, complex. There, baristas are heavily vetted before being hired, no loyalty cards are issued due to security risks, and lines often stretch down the hallway, because CIA employees need their damn caffeine!

Did you know that there is an elusive Starbucks located in the CIA headquarters, and it's one of the busiest locations in the country?




Did you know that the most expensive drink ever ordered at Starbucks cost $93.58?

Did you know that Starbucks was almost named the Cargo House?Starbucks cofounder Gordon Bowker said he and fellow cofounders were "desperately close" to going with Cargo House before they finally settled on Starbucks.










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Did you know that Ronnie Wilson, Founder of the Gap Band, Died he was 73?

Did you know that Ronnie Wilson, Founder of the Gap Band, Died he was 73?

Did you know that Wilson joined his two younger brothers to record several hits with the Gap Band?


 Did you know that Ronnie Wilson primarily played keyboards but

also contributed horn and percussion parts in a rotating vocal and instrumental arrangement with his two younger brothers, Robert, who mainly played bass, and Charlie, the lead singer?


 


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Did you know that coach Brown is the only coach in basketball history to win both an NCAA national championship (Kansas Jayhawks, 1988) and an NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004?

Did you know that Lawrence Harvey Brown is coach Larry Brown?

Did you know that Coach Larry Brown is the assistant coach of the Memphis Tigers?

Did you know that coach coach Larry Brown was born September 14, 1940?



Did you know that coach Brown is the only coach in basketball
history to win both an
 NCAA national championship (Kansas Jayhawks, 1988) and an NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004?

 Did you know that coach Brown has a 1,275–965 lifetime professional coaching record in the American Basketball Association (ABA)?

Did you know that coach Larry Brown is the  only coach in NBA history to lead eight teams to the playoffs?

Did you know that Larry Brown also won an ABA championship as a player with the Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 season, and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1964?

Did you know that coach Brown is the only person ever to coach two NBA franchises in the same season (Spurs and Clippers during the 1991–92 NBA season

)?

Did you know that coach Brown played collegiately at the University of North Carolina

Did you know that Brown was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on September 27, 2002?


 




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Friday, November 5, 2021

Did you know that Musk sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock (of which $165 million was given to Musk)?

Did you know that Elon Musk was born in South Africa in 1971?

Did you know that Elon Musk made his fortune as a co-founder of PayPal?

Did you know that Musk became famous for starting Tesla Motors and SpaceX?

Did you know that Elon Musk had a cameo in  Iron Man 2?

Did you know at age 12, Musk taught himself computer programming and created a video game called Blastar, which he sold for $500?

Did you know that Elon Musk didn't become an American citizen until 2002, at age 31?

Did you know that when Elon Musk was 17, he moved from South Africa to Canada?


Did you know that Elon Musk established a company call --Zip2, which provided online newspapers with maps and business directories?

Did you know that Musk sold Zip2 in 1999 for $307 million?


Did you know that Musk sold PayPal 
to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock (of which $165 million was given to Musk)?

Did you know that Musk co-founded Tesla Motors, a company that designs and manufacturers electric sports cars?

Did you know that Musk now serves as CEO and chief product architect at Tesla?

Did you know that SpaceX has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to resupply (and eventually ferry people to) the International Space Station?

Did you know that Musk has reduced the cost of reaching the International Space Station by 90%, bringing it down from $1 billion per mission to just $60 million?

Did you know that SpaceX had three launch failures before its fourth and final effort was a success?

Did you know that Elon Musk has been married three times, having married (and subsequently divorced) British actress Talulah Riley twice?

Did you know that Musk has five sons (one set of twins and one set of triplets),whom he shares custody of with his first wife, Canadian fantasy author Justine Wilson?


Did you know that Musk was named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine?

Did you know that in 2013, Musk was named Fortune's "Businessperson of the Year" for SpaceX, SolarCity, and Tesla Motors?

Did you know that on January 25, 2015, Elon Musk made a guest appearance on The Simpsons episode titled "The Musk Who Fell to Earth," playing himself?

 




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Thursday, November 4, 2021

Colin Powell, the former secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died from Covid complications at the age of 84.

 Did you know that Colin Powell was an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army?

Did you know that Colin Powell's net worth was $60 million at the time of his death in October 2021?

Did you know that Colin Powell served as the United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005?

Did you know that Colin Powell, the former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died from Covid complications at the age of 84?

Did you know that Powell, who was fully vaccinated against Covid?

Did you know that Powell had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease and had been treated recently for multiple myeloma?

Did you know that Colin Powell was the first Africa-American to serve as the Secretary of State?

Did you know that Powell's served as Secretary of State under George W. Bush?

Did you know that Powell after retiring from the military in the early 1990s, earned a fortune thanks initially to speaking engagements?

Did you know that in 2000 Powell earned $7 million from 109 speaking engagements, charging around $64,000 per speech on average?

Did you know that Powell received a $6 million advance for his 1995 autobiography "My American Journey?"

Did you know that Colin Powell was born in 1937 in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York? 

Did you know that Colin Powell received the Soldier's Medal for bravery after surviving a helicopter crash and rescuing three others from the wreckage?


 


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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!