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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Did you know that during his lifetimeGraham preached to live audiences of nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries ?

Did you know that William Franklin Graham Jr. was also know as evangelical Christian evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister?

Did you know that Hilly Graham became well known internationally as a evangelical Christian evangelist after 1949?

Did you know that Graham has been considered one of the most influential preachers of the 20th century?[2]

 Did you know that in Grahams six decades of television, Graham hosted annual Billy Graham Crusades, which ran from 1947 until his retirement in 2005?

Did you know that Graham also hosted the popular radio show Hour of Decision from 1950 to 1954?

 Did you know that during his lifetimeGraham preached to live audiences of nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories through various meetings, including BMS World Mission and Global Mission?

Did you know that Graham also reached hundreds of millions more through television, video, film, and webcasts?[4]
 
Did you know that Billy Graham was a spiritual adviser to several American presidents and provided spiritual counsel for every president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama?[5]


Did you know that according toGrahams  staff, more than 3.2 million people have responded to the invitation at Billy Graham Crusades to "accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior"?

Did you know that as of 2008, Graham's estimated lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped 2.2 billion?

Did you know that because of his crusades, Graham preached the gospel to more people in person than anyone in the history of Christianity?[9]

Did you know that Graham appeared on the on Gallup's list of most admired men and women list 60 times since 1955?


(November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018)


Did you know that in 1950, Graham founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) with its headquarters in Minneapolis?

Did you know that The association relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1999. BGEA ministries have included:
  • Hour of Decision, a weekly radio program broadcast around the world for more than 50 years
  • Mission television specials broadcast in almost every market in the US and Canada
  • A syndicated newspaper column, My Answer, carried by newspapers across the United States and distributed by Tribune Media Services
  • Decision magazine, the official publication of the association
  • Christianity Today was started in 1956 with Carl F. H. Henry as its first editor
  • Passageway.org, the website for a youth discipleship program created by BGEA
  • World Wide Pictures, which has produced and distributed more than 130 films

Did you know that Graham suffered from Parkinson's disease since 1992?[64]

Did you know that the reason that Graham said that his planned retirement was because of his failing health?

Did you know that Billy Graham died from natural causes on February 21, 2018, at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, at the age of 99?[68]








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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Did you know that Toys' T' Us had an enormous debt of $5 billion pre-bankruptcy, and years of weak sales as business?

Did you know that Toys 'R' Us filed for bankruptcy protection on the summer 2017?

Did you know that the struggling toy retailer Toys ‘R’ Us has closed an enormous number of stores, 180 stores to be specific or nearly 20% of its fleet, as it tries to get back to being a viable chain?

Did you know that Toys ‘R’ Us had asked federal bankruptcy court in Richmond, Virginia for permission to close those 180 stores, saying it has “faced a challenging commercial environment”?

Did you know that Toys' T' Us had an enormous debt of $5 billion pre-bankruptcy, and years of weak sales as business?


Did you know that Toys ‘R’ Us CEO Dave Brandon said that through the first three quarters of this had a net lost of $862 million?
fiscal year, the chain

Did you know that nearly half of the locations closing will be Babies ‘R’ Us stores?

Did you know that baby products generated 45% of company revenues in the first nine months of the fiscal year?

Did you know that Toys 'R' Us stores generated $925 million last year, according to court filings?







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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Did you know that only four players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion?

Did you know that there has only been 4 players who have scored 60 or more points in a game?

Did you know that scoring 60 points is a feat that  has been accomplished 67 times in NBA history.?

Did you know that twenty-five different players have scored 60 or more points in a game?

Kobe Bryant and Michael Jorrdan
Did you know that only four players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: (32 times), Kobe Bryant (6 times), Michael Jordan (5 times), and Elgin Baylor (4 times)?
Wilt Chamberlain

Did you know that Chamberlain holds the single-game scoring record, having scored 100 in game in 1962.?

Did you know that Jordan's  (63) and Baylor (61) are the only players to score at least 60 points in a game during the playoffs?

Wilt Chamberlain
Did you know that Wilt Chamberlain set the following, still-standing (as of the 2016-17 season) single-game NBA records: points scored (100), points scored in a half (59), shots made (36), shots attempted (63), and free throws made (28). Also set a then-record for points scored in a quarter (31)?

Did you know that Chamberlain set the following, still-standing (as of the 2016-17 season) single-game NBA records: points scored (100), points scored in a half (59), shots made (36), shots attempted (63), and free throws made (28). Also set a then-record for points scored in a quarter (31). Last game in a streak in which Chamberlain scored 60 points or more in four straight games?

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Sunday, January 21, 2018

Did you know that Olivia Lua adult film star died she was 23?

Did you know that Adult actress Olivia Lua was found dead at a California rehab facility making this the fifth adult film actress to die in the past three months?

Did you know that Olivia Lua adult film star died she was 23?

Did you know that Lua, who used the screen name Olivia Voltaire, had been battling drug addiction for some time?

Did you know that Lua tweeted out a photo the
night before she died in an all black outfit with the caption “I feel it everywhere, nothing scares me anymore?”


 


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Did you know that Jim Kelly is the only quarterback to ever play in four consecutive Superbowl and loose all of them?

Did you know that Tom Brady has appeared on 7 Superbowl, his current record is- (5-2,
but 2018 will be his 8th appearance)*?
Did you know that John Elway has appeared in 5 Superbowl and his current record is (2-3)?
Did you know that Terry Bradshaw (4-0), Joe Montana (4-0), Roger Staubach (2-2), Peyton Manning (2-2), Jim Kelly (0-4) has appeared in 4 Superbowl?
Did you know that Jim Kelly is the only quarterback to ever play in four consecutive Superbowl and loose all of them?
Did you know that Troy Aikman (3-0), Bob Griese (2-1), Ben Roethlisberger (2-1), Kurt Warner (1-2), Fran Tarkenton (0-3) have appeared in 3 Superbowl?
Did you know that ​Bart Starr (2-0), Jim Plunkett (2-0), Eli Manning (2-0), Len Dawson (1-1), Joe Thiesmann (1-1), Brett Favre (1-1), Russell Wilson (1-1), Craig Morton (0-2) have appeared in 2 Superbowl?


 


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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Did you know that Jessica Falkholt died in hospital on 17 January 2018 she was 29?

Did you know that Jessica Falkholt was an Australian actress, who appeared in 16 episodes of the television series Home and Away as Hope Morrison in 2016  died in hospital on 17 January 2018 she was 29?

(15 May 1988 – 17 January 2018)  

Did you know that Falkholt was born on 15 May 1988 in Sydney to a Swedish father and an Italian mother, Lars and Vivian?


Did you know that Falkholt  on 26 December 2017, Falkholt was involved in a car crash which killed both her parents instantly?

Did you know that as the vehicle burst into flames, both Jessica and her sister Annabelle, aged 21, were pulled out of the vehicle alive, but Annabelle died on 29 December in Liverpool Hospital?[5]

Did you know that the fifty-year-old driver of the other vehicle was also killed, who was reportedly a serial traffic offender?




Did you know that Following the crash, Falkholt was taken to Sydney's St George Hospital, where she underwent surgery that included the removal of a kidney and part of her skull?

Did you know that on 12 January 2018, a spokesperson for St George Hospital confirmed that her life support had been turned of and she died in hospital on 17 January 2018 she was 29[12



 


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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Did you know that John Young, moon walker and NASA’s longest-serving astronaut, dies at 87?

Did you know that John Watts Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer?

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Did you know that Young became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972?

Did you know that Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to fly six space missions (with seven launches, counting his lunar liftoff) over the course of 42 years of active NASA service?[1]

Did you know that Young was the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle?[2]

(September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018)  


Did you know that after joining NASA in 1962, Young was the first of the Astronaut Group 2 to fly in space, replacing Thomas P. Stafford as pilot of Gemini 3 when Alan Shepard, the original command pilot, was grounded due to Ménière's disease? [16]
Did you know that Young served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974 to 1987?

Did you know that Young worked for NASA for 42 years and announced his retirement on December 7, 2004. He retired on December 31, 2004, at the age of 74, but continued to attend the Monday Morning Meeting at the Astronaut Office at JSC for several years thereafter?.[36]

Did you know that Young logged more than 15,275 hours flying time in props, jets, helicopters, and rocket jets; more than 9,200 hours in T-38s; and 835 hours in spacecraft during six space flights?[1]



Did you know that Young died on January 5, 2018 he was 87?.


Did you know that in 2012, Young published an autobiography, Forever Young.[38] John Young, NASA’s longest-serving astronaut, who flew in space six times, walked on the moon, commanded the first space shuttle and became the conscience of the astronaut corps, advocating for safety reforms in the wake of the 1986

Did you know that during his first mission, aboard Gemini 3 in 1965, that Young smuggled aboard a corned beef sandwich.?

Did you know that because of Young smuggling a Cornbeef sandwich during his first mission, aboard GeminiNASA officials were aghast and, from then on, strictly prohibited astronauts from taking contraband food on board?


 


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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Did you know that ActorJerry Van Dyke, from ‘Coach’ Died he was 86?

Jerry Van Dyke star of “Coach” with  Travis. Credit PR Newsfoto

Did you know that actor Jerry Van Dyke, from ‘Coach’ Died he was 86?

Did you know that Van Dyke was an American actor and comedian and  was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.[1]?

(July 27, 1931 – January 5, 2018)
Did you know that Van Dyke made his television acting debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show with several guest appearances as Rob Petrie's brother Stacey?

Did you know that later in his career from 1989 to 1997, Van Dyke portrayed Luther Van Dam in Coach?[1]
Coach (1989) Season 1 Episode 1 Video by Emilie Hetrick
Did you know that Jerry Van Dyke, who after decades in show business finally emerged from the shadow of his older brother, Dick, with an Emmy-nominated role in the long-running ABC sitcom “Coach,”?

Did you know that Van Dyke’s television career was intertwined with his brother’s?

Did you know tha Van Dyke earliest TV appearances was in 1962 in a two-part episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” as Stacey Petrie, the would-be comedian brother of Dick’s character, Rob Petrie?

Did you know that Van Dyke was a boisterous performer who supported himself with a banjo-and-comedy stage act when television or film roles were few?






Did you know that  Van Dyke was invited on talk shows, like “Late Show With David Letterman,” and was nominated for four Emmys for supporting actor for playing Van Dam, but he never won any.
He told USA Today in 1990 that he was thrilled to get some recognition after his meandering career.
“Everybody talks about me making a comeback,” he said. “I say: ‘Comeback from what? This is as good as it’s ever been.’”
Jerry Van Dyke, left, with  brother, Dick, in an episode of the “The Middle” in 2015
Did you know that Van Dyke was a little more than five years younger than Dick Van Dyke his older bother?


Did you know that  by the end of the 1960s, Mr. Van Dyke’s television career had tapered off. He supported himself with his stage act at Playboy Clubs, in Las Vegas and on cruise ships?

Did you know that Van Dyke also appeared on shows like “Love, American Style,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and, not surprisingly, “The New Dick Van Dyke Show?”

Did you  know that after “Coach,” Van Dyke appeared in sitcoms like “My Name Is Earl” and “Raising Hope.” The Van Dyke brothers kept playing siblings together into old age, including on the ABC sitcom “The Middle” in 2015?

Did you know that in 1993, jVan Dyke with over three decades after his first guest appearance on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” returned his brother’s favor when Dick had a nonspeaking, walk-on part in a Christmas episode of “Coach?”
Did you know that Van Dyke was married twice and had three children with first wife Carol, daughters Jerri Lynn and Kelly Jean and son Ronald?[5]

Did you know that Kelly Jean Van Dyke, Van Dyke  daughter committed suicide in 1991, following struggles with substance abuse?[13]
Did you know that Jerry and wife Shirley resided together on their 800-acre ranch near Hot Springs, Arkansas?[9]
Did you know that Van Dyke was an avid poker player and announced a number of poker tournaments for ESPN in the late 1990s and early 2000s?[2] 
Did you know that Van Dyke was also a four-string banjo player with several performances on The Dick Van Dyke Show to his credit[3]






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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Did you know that 20-Year-Old Olivia Nova? Porn Star Found Dead in Las Vegas

Did you know that Adult film actress Olivia Nova was found dead in Las Vegas on January 6, 2018?

Did you know that Nova, the actress, originally from Minnesota, was only 20 years old?

Did you know that thisrks the third death of an adult film actress in two months?

Did you know that Nova, launched her career in March 2017, was considered a rising star in the adult film industry?

Did you know that before entering the porn industry, Nova was a child model; she booked her first job at the age of 12?




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Monday, January 8, 2018

Star Trek child actor Jon Paul Steuer died he was 33


Jon Paul SteuerDid you know that Jon Paul Steuer was an American actor and musician, best known for being the first actor to play AlexanderRozhenko in Star Trek: The Next Generation and for being the first actor to regularly portray Quentin Kelly on the ABC show Grace Under Firedied he was 33?

Did you know that Syeuer was also well known for playing Johnny "Viper" Vennaro in the 1994 children's comedy film Little Giants?

Did you know that Steuer for several years was as a musician, Steuer entered the food service business and owned his own restaurant in Portland, Oregon?

 (March 27, 1984 – January 1, 2018)  
Did you know that Steuer In 2003,[4] and several other local musicians formed the glam punk band Kill
City Thrillers.?

 Did you know that Steuer performed as lead singer for the band under the name Jonny P. Jewels.?

Did you know that Steuer, known now as Jonny P. Jewels, died on January 1, 2018, he was 33?

 







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