Did you know that Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,”
says he’s been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of
improper behavior?
Did you know that Garrison Keillor was a 75-year-old host and creator of A Prairie Home Companion?
Did you know that The Minnesota Public Radio broadcaster will erase Keillor, one of public radio's most famous voices, from its air and website, including renaming Companion,
the variety show he created in 1974 and hosted until 2016, when he
retired and handed over creative control to his handpicked replacement,
musician Chris Thile?
Did you know that MPR will no longer air rebroadcasts
of Keillor’s old shows, nor will it produce or distribute his remaining
syndicated series, The Writer’s Almanac?
Did you know that “Garrison Keillor was considered an institution for public radio?
Did you know tha Keillor helped define public radio for
many decades," says Ron Simon, curator of television and radio at the
Paley Center for Media?
Did you know that Bugatti Chiron The 8-litre W16 from the Veyron has been revised with four larger, two-stage turbochargers and 32 injectors?
Did you know that Bugatti Chironi is Electronically limited to 261 mph “for road use”?
Did you know that Bugatti Chiron will only build 500 and half have already been sold?
Did you know that rumours suggest that the Bugatti Chiron and will cost around £2.5M, more than double the price of a Veyron?
Did you know that Bugatti Chiron is so fast, its top speed is limited to 261mph (420
km/h) for road use, 8mph faster than a Veyron?
Did you know that rumours suggest that the Bugatti Chirons is
ultimately capable of over 280mph?
Did you know that Bugatti says it will attempt to
break the Fastest Production Car Guinness World Record, in Spring, 2018?
Did you know that every Bugatti Chiron has two keys, one for speeds up to 236mph and a ‘Bugatti Speed Key’ for max speed attempts?
Did you know that every Bugatti Chiron will
accelerate from 0-62mph (100km/h) in under 2.5sec, 0-124mph (200km/h) in
under 6.5sec and 0-186mph (300km/h) in under 13.6sec?
Did you know that every Bugatti Chiron at speed, than 60,000 litres of air and 800 litres of water are pumped through the engine every minute?
Did you know that every Bugatti Chiron has six catalytic converters, which capture harmful particulates in the
exhaust system, is 230,266 metres squared, the equivalent of 30 football
pitches?
Did you know that every Bugatti Chiron has seven-speed, dual-clutch automatic gearbox is claimed to have the largest clutch of any production car?
Did you know that every Bugatti Chiron has
a new adaptive chassis that has five driving modes, including one
designed for drifting the car in smokey tailslides?
Did you know that Volkswagen, which
owns Bugatti, had to design and build a new engine test bed capable of
handling the stresses of running a 1,476bhp engine?
Did you know that Bugatti claims that
if all the carbon fibres used in the construction of the chassis were
laid out end-to-end, they would stretch the equivalent of 9x the
distance between the earth and the moon?
Did you know that Bugatti claims at 248mph, the centrifugal force on each tyre is the equivalent of 3,800 times the force of gravity?
Did you know that the Bugatti ‘Macaron’ emblem on the grille weighs 150g, including 140g of silver.
Bugatti
was founded by Ettore Bugatti over a hundred years ago in 1909 in a
place called Molsheim, France. Since then, the brand has developed a
reputation for building some of the most exclusive and fast cars ever
made. Still, the company has found themselves in financial stress during
its storied history and has been passed through a multitude of owners.
What are some things that might surprise you or I about this company?
Did you know that the Bugatti Veyron is one of the fastest, most powerful,
most luxurious motor cars available at any price?
Did you know that the Bugatti Veyron specifications are
out of this world including a 1200 horsepower, top speed of almost 270
miles an hour, and an average price of over two-and-a-half million
dollars?
Did you know that when Engineers were testing the first Veyron engine in 2001,
the engine produced enough heat that it nearly burned the factory down?
Did you know that One of the several options from the factory for a variance
in the car was including a one-carat diamond into the speedometer and
power needles?
Did you know that the Bugatti
Veyron needs ten radiators to keep all 1,200 of its horses cool?
Did you know that it takes 15 hours to build just one radiator for this vehicle, that
means that it takes 150 hour to build the entire system for only one
vehicle?
Did you know that when the Bugatti Veyron runs on full speed, it takes 12 minutes to empty the fuel tank?
Did you know that the Bugatti Veyron is pretty special like “At 250 mph,
the Veyron’s tires will last fifteen minutes. Its 26.4-gallon fuel tank
goes dry in twelve.” And “At the Veyron’s 253-mph top speed, the Veyron
consumes 47,000 litres of air per minute — as much air as one man
breathes in four days?”
Did you know that the Bugatti Veyron does waste energy from running the 16.4 litre engine at full whack could heat 10 family homes in the winter?
Did you know that the Bugatti Veyron brakes can withstand heat of up to 1800°C?
Did you know that the Bugatti Veyron is split into three parts and only held together with 14 bolts?
Did you know that the Bugatti Veyron uses special Michelin PAX tires
found on no other car. The
Michelin PAX tires
rear wheels are 14.5 inches wide, twice as
wide as a normal car?
Did you know that if the Bugatti Veyron requires replacements tires the car needs to be
shipped to France, a process that costs $70,000?
Did you know that It takes 8 days to weld a Bugatti Veyron fuel tank?
Did you know that in a Veyron it is quicker to decelerate from 60mph to 0 than it is to accelerate there? (It only takes 2.8 seconds to get to 60)
Did you know that a Bugatti fuel pumps that can pump fuel eight times faster than a normal car?
Did you know that the Bugatti cars were known for their design beauty and for their many race victories?
The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be the end for the marque, and the death of his son Jean Bugatti
in 1939 ensured there was not a successor to lead the factory. No more
than about 8,000 cars were made. The company struggled financially, and
released one last model in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased
for its airplane parts business in the 1960s.
Did you know that In the 1990s, an Italian entrepreneur revived the Bugatti and built them with limited production and labeled them as an exclusive sports cars?
Did you know that Bugatti today, the name is owned by German automobile manufacturing group Volkswagen?
Did you know that the Bugatti company was known both for the level of detail
of its engineering in its automobiles, and for the artistic manner in
which the designs were executed?
Bugatti 100P Racing Plane
Did you know that in the 1930s, Ettore Bugatti got involved in the creation of a racer airplane, hoping to beat the Germans in the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize?
Did you know that on 10 July 2009, a 1925 Bugatti Brescia Type 22 which had lain at the bottom of Lake Maggiore on the border of Switzerland and Italy for 75 years was recovered from the lake?
Did you know that Bugatti continued manufacturing airplane parts and was sold to Hispano-Suiza?
Did you know that in 1963. Snecma took over Hispano-Suiza in 1968, after acquiring Messier, Snecma merged Messier and Bugatti into Messier-Bugatti in 1977?
Did you know that Choi at a 7ft 2 inch is one of the tallest MMA fighters in the world?
Did you know that Choi Hong-man is a 7ft 2 inch “Techno Goliath”who is a South Korean kickboxer, he began his kickboxing career at
the 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix in Seoul, Korea, a tournament he won?
Did you know that Choi Hong-man continued competing in kickboxing events until 2008, when he
enlisted in the Korean military?
Did you know that Choi Hong-man failed repeated
medical tests mandated by the military?
Did you know that during these tests a brain
tumour was discovered?
Did you know that the tumour was located near Choi pituitary gland,
and was similar to other benign tumours discovered on Antonio “Big Foot”
Silva, Andre the Giant, and Paul “the Big Show” White from the WWE?
Did you know that these brain tumours can cause gigantism and eventually lead to death if not
removed?
Did you know that Choi has since had the tumour removed?
Did you know even after he discovered the tumour, Choi still only continued to
fight sparingly?
Did you know that Giant Silva is another 7'2" MMA fighter?
Giant Silva
Did you know that sometimes Giant Silva is confused with Jorge Gonzalez (“El Gigante”)?
Did you know that Giant Silva formerly competed in Pride but didn’t have a lot of success?
Did you know that The 7ft2inch Silva, was a member of the Brazilian national
basketball team, and was back-up center when the team competed at the
1988 Olympic?
Did you know that Giant Silva was recruited by the WWE to become a professional
wrestler in the mid 90s?
Did you know that in the early 2000s Silva left the WWE to perform for New
Japan Pro Wrestling, and was noticed by Pride FC executives/
Did you know that Pride of
course, was never shy about organizing a freakshow fight, and they saw
money in Silva?
Stefan Struve
Did you know that Stefan Struve is a very tall dutch striker, one capable of knocking heavyweights unconscious?
Did you know that Struve is listed as 7ft tall, and like all other dutch
athletes you’ve ever heard of, he tried his hand at kickboxing?
Ss you know that Struve went
4W-4L professionally as a kickboxer before transitioning to MMA, where
he has had more success?
Did you know that at 6ft11inches tall, Schilt
was a high level kickboxer and striker.
Did you know that Semmy Schilt.
from Holland is a former Glory heavyweight
champion?
Did you know that Semmy Schilte retired from MMA in 2008, and kickboxing in 2012?
Did you know that At 6ft10 inches and 250lbs, Gan “the Giant” McGee is one of
the tallest fighters ever to compete in the UFC?
Did you know that McGee is also one of the
tallest fighters ever to compete for Pride or EliteXC.
McGee was 7W-0L when he entered the UFC
for his first fight at UFC 28?
While perhaps best known for competing in the UFC, Sylvia has also competed for Affliction, the International Fighting Championships (IFC), and ONE FC.
Did you know that NBC News has fired longtime Today show anchor Matt Lauer
after Monday night receiving a detailed complaint from a colleague
about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace?
Did you know that a statement from NBC News
Chairman Andy Lack,
Chairman Andy Lack, in which
the honcho said it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer since he
was named in 1997?
Did you know that NBC was presented with the information on Monday, as
well as “reason to believe this may not have been an isolated
incident?”
Did you know that the New York Post reported Wednesday morning Lauer
had allegedly sexually assaulted a female NBC staffer during the Sochi
Winter Olympics in 2014, who reported it to NBC HR on Monday?
Did you know that NBC News
signed Lauer to a new $20M/year-ish contract in 2016?
Willie Geist
Did you know that Willie Geist called Lauer “the most powerful person at NBC
News,” acknowledging it “took some real courage” for the person who
spoke out to do so?
Did you know that Matt Lauer’s firing comes just one week after CBS News fired its morning show host Charlie Rose over sexual harassment claims, ending his five-year run on CBS This Morning and as a 60 Minutes
correspondent?
Did you know that Rose got sacked days after eight women accused him of
“extremely disturbing an intolerable behavior said to have revolved
around his PBS program,” CBS News chief David Rhodes said in a
statement?
Did you know that PBS also terminated its relationship with Charlie Rose interview program since ’91?
Charlie Rose
Rose, who has
anchored its
Did you know that Lauer is a Today show institution, having also co-hosting
with Ann Curry and Katie Couric during his more than long run at the
country’s most successful morning-show franchise?
Did you know that news of Lauer’s
termination sent shock waves through the TV news landscape, and thrilled
the President of the United States in Washington?
Did you know that NBC News chief’s Andy Lack’s wrote this memo?:
Dear Colleagues,
On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague
about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. It
represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company’s
standards. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment. While
it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years
he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe
this may not have been an isolated incident.
Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where
everyone feels safe and protected, and to ensure that any actions that
run counter to our core values are met with consequences, no matter who
the offender.
We are deeply saddened by this turn of events. But we will face it
together as a news organization – and do it in as transparent a manner
as we can. To that end, Noah and I will be meeting with as many of you
as possible throughout the day today to answer your questions.
Andy
Did you know that the Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers?
Did you know that each year more than 3 billion Christmas cards are sent in the U.S. alone?
Did you know that two weeks before Christmas is a popular time for breakups?
Did you know that Christmas Day is the least favorite day for breakups?
Did you know that in A.D. 350, Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December 25 the official celebration date for the birthday of Christ?
Did you know that according
to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a
221-foot Douglas fir that was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate
Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington?
Did you know that that the
traditional three colors of Christmas are green, red, and gold?
Did you know that Green
has long been a symbol of life and rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of
Christ, and gold represents light as well as wealth and royalty?
Did you know that contrary to popular belief, suicide rates during the Christmas holiday are low, but are highest during the spring?
Did you know that the
world’s largest Christmas stocking measured 106 feet and 9 inches
(32.56 m) long and 49 feet and 1 inch (14.97 m) wide?
Did you know that it weighed as much
as five reindeer and held almost 1,000 presents, and it was made by the
Children’s Society in London on December 14, 2007?
Did you know that Christmas trees have been sold in the U.S. since 1850?
Did you know that Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold?
Rent-a-Santas
Did you know that each
year there are approximately 20,000 “rent-a-Santas” across the United
States. “Rent-a-Santas” usually undergo seasonal training on how to
maintain a jolly attitude under pressure from the public?
Did you know that “Rent-a-Santas”
receive practical advice, such as not accepting money from parents while
children are looking and avoiding garlic, onions, or beans for lunch?
Did you know that Alabama was the first state in the United States to officially recognize Christmas in 1836?
Did you know that Christmas wasn’t declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870?
Did you know that Oklahoma was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday, in 1907?
Did you know that Mistletoe is from the Anglo-Saxon word misteltan, which means “little dung twig” because the plant spreads though bird droppings?
The
Viking god Odin is one precursor to the modern Santa Claus. According
to myth, Odin rode his flying horse, Sleipnir (a precursor to Santa’s
reindeer), who had eight legs. In the winter, Odin gave out both gifts
and punishments, and children would fill their boots or stockings with
treats for Sleipnir.[5] There are two
competing claims as to which president was the first to place a
Christmas tree in the White House. Some scholars say President Franklin
Pierce did in 1856; others say President Benjamin Harrison brought in
the first tree in 1889. President Coolidge started the White House
lighting ceremony in 1923.[7]
President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1901
Did you know that it
is estimated that the single “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin is the
best selling single of all time, with over 100 million sales worldwide?
Did you know that there
are approximately 21,000 Christmas tree farms in the United States, In
2008, nearly 45 million Christmas trees were planted, adding to the
existing 400 million trees?
Did you know that the first printed reference to a Christmas tree was in 1531 in Germany?
Did you know that approximately 30-35 million real (living) Christmas trees are sold each year in the U.S.?
Christmas is a contraction of “Christ’s Mass,” which is derived from the Old English Cristes mæsse
(first recorded in 1038). The letter “X” in Greek is the first letter
of Christ, and “Xmas” has been used as an abbreviation for Christmas
since the mid 1500s.
Did you know that In 1962, the first Christmas postage stamp was issued in the United States.
In Germany, Heiligabend, or Christmas Eve, is said to be a magical time when the pure in heart can hear animals talking.
The
earliest known Christmas tree decorations were apples. At
Christmastime, medieval actors would use apples to decorate paradise
trees (usually fir trees) during “Paradise Plays,” which were plays
depicting Adam and Eve’s creation and fall?
Commissioned
by Sir Henry Cole (1808-1883), British illustrator John Callcott
Horsley (1817-1903) invented the first Christmas card in 1843
Did you know that Christmas shopping makes up 1/6 of U.S. retail sales in the U.S?
Did you know that during the Christmas season, nearly 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second?
Did you know that many
of the most popular Christmas songs, such as “White Christmas,” “Winter
Wonderland,” “Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire),”
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” were
written or co-written by Jews?
Did you know that Dollar Shave Club delivers razor blades on a monthly basis and offers additional grooming products for home delivery?[3][4]
Did you know that Dollar
Shave Club was founded by Mark Levine and Michael Dubin?
Did you know that the pair met at
a party and spoke of their frustrations with the cost of razor blades.
With their own money and investments from start-up incubator Science Inc., they began operations in January 2011 and launched their website in April 2011?[5][6][7][8]
Did you know that Dollar Shave Club was backed by a variety of venture capitalists?
Did you know that Venrock, provided $9.8 million in series A funding in October 2012?[10]
Did you know that in 2013 that Venrock raised $12 million with a series B round of fund which also included Comcast Ventures, New World Investors and Battery Ventures?
Did you know that Dollar Shave Club announced it would be
expanding its product line to include a dozen other men’s products in
2014?[11]
Did you know that in June 2015, the company secured $75 million in series D funding?[12]
Michael Dubin and Mark Levine
Did you know that July 19, 2016, Dollar Shave Club was acquired by Unilever for a reported $1 billion in cash?[13]
Did you know that Dollar Shave Club offers three membership plans, which can be upgraded or downgraded at any time?[14]
Did you know that the membership service first launched March 6, 2012, via a YouTube video that went viral?[15]
Did you know that the YouTube video attracted an unanticipated amount of traffic, that
crashed the company’s server in the first hour?
Did you know that once Dubin got the
server working, he enlisted a team of friends and contractors to help
fulfill the 12,000 orders that arrived in the first 48 hours of
launching the video?
Did you know that the orders were initially packed by hand in a
warehouse in Gardena, California, before the company moved their warehouse and fulfillment to a third-party logistics center in Kentucky?[2]
Did you know that since the Dollar Shave membership launch, the company has acquired 3.2 million subscribers?[16]
Did you know that although the Dollar Shave primarily markets its products to men, approximately 20% of its customers are women?[17]
The Humble Twin
The 4X
The Executive
Cartridges per month
5
4
4
Blades per razor
2
4
6
Monthly price
USD
$3
$6
$9
CAD
$3.50
$6.50
$9.50
AUD
$11
$8
$5
Did you know that Dollar Shave Club also sells related accessories, such as shave butter,[18]wet wipes,[7] and moisturizer?[19]
Did you know that Dollar Shave in late 2012, the company launched its program in Canada and Australia?[20][21]
In 2015, the company expanded its product line to include hair care products, called "Boogie's".[22] The line includes hair gel, hair cream, hair paste, hair clay and hair fiber.[23]
In May 2015, the company began hiring writers and editors for a new website, Mel Magazine, which went online in late 2015. The website contains editorial content described by the company as "men's lifestyle topics".[24][25]
Did you know that in December 2015, Gillette sued Dollar Shave Club, claiming the competitor had violated its intellectual property?
used
Did you know that on March 6, 2012, the company uploaded a YouTube
video entitled “Our Blades Are F***ing Great” featuring CEO Michael
Dubin, delivering his speech in a nonchalant and sarcastic manner?[28]
Did you know that The Our Blades video prompted 12,000 orders in a two-day span after it was
released, and has received over 24 million views as of February 2017?[3][29]
Did you know that The Our Blades video won “Best Out-of-Nowhere Video Campaign” at the 2012 AdAge Viral Video Awards?[30]
Did you know that Dollar Shave Club Our Blades video was awarded a 2013 Webby Award in the Fashion & Beauty category [31] and earned the People's Choice Webby Award in the Consumer Packaged Goods category?[32]
Did you know that in 2014, Dollar Shave Club and its One Wipe Charlies teamed up with the Colon Cancer Alliance in an effort to help “wipe out” colon cancer?[34]
Did you know that the company reports that during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness
month it reached 23 million people in spreading the message about the
importance of getting screened? Did you know that our lady Members rave about the Executive Razor and Dr. Carver's Shave Butter?Did you know that if you choose
the Executive or the 4X Razor, you'll receive a full cassette containing
four replacement cartridges although if you choose the Humble Twin Razor, the
full cassette contains five replacement cartridges?Did you know that even if you don't shave very often you can change your delivery frequency to every
other month plus you can skip a month anytime you want or pause deliveries for up to three months?Did you know that you can cancellation your Dollar Shave policyanytime you like, for any reason with just a few clicks?
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!
Did you know that Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,”
says he’s been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of
improper behavior?
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