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The classic anime known in the U.S. as “Astro Boy” was initially released in Japan as “Tetsuwan Atom” which translates to “Iron-arm Atom”.

Karel and Josef Capek are accredited with coining the word robot. It’s base is from the Czech words “Robota” meaning drudgery or servitude. And the word “Robotnik” meaning peasant or serf. The word which intially was always capitalized was made popular by its’ use in the play “R.U.R Rossum’s Universal Robots)”
(credit: Seton Hill’s educational site)

The first reoccurring Batman villain was the now mostly forgotten Dr. Death.

This is a direct cut and paste job from a website that lists brief descriptions of the Titans of Ancient Greek myth. This is the younger brother of Prometheus or “forethought”, who is known for being the mythological figure that gave humans the secret of fire.
Epimetheus was a stupid Titan, whose name means “afterthought”. […]

There have been in the history of film, two films produced using a process called dimension 150. Referring to the angle lense used. “The Bible…in the Beginning” and “Patton”. Both incidentally contained George C. Scott as a cast member.
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Pete Rose batted .312 for the Cincinnati Reds in 1965.

Today we get a recursive fact. And I use fact in as a loose term. In that it is a fact this story gets told. And frankly it’s too interesting not to share.
It is said that the old Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia is haunted by a man dressed in full hotel uniform (the […]

Thanks to this site http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php. I know that Andy Gibb’s Shadow Dancing was the number one song in America on the day that I was born. Incidentally it was “You’re the One that I want” by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in England.

According to current in-vitro fertilization studies. Approximately one in every four embryos actually make it to birth.

For a bird to fly in a completely vertical flight path, it has to exert 1 horsepower per 20 pounds of bird.