Fun Trivia
The phrase "throwing out all the stops," conotatively defined as "going all out," actually derives from the organ. Pulling out different knobs (or "stops") change the sound that comes out of the pipes.
The movie Pirates of the Caribbean is based off a ride at Walt Disney World. You sit in a boat and ride a river thingy and look at the different scenes. The dog with the keys in his mouth and the prisoners reaching for them is there, as well as the opening scene of Tortuga.
According to the Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar in use today, years evenly divisible by 4 are leap years, with the exception of centurial years that are not evenly divisible by 400. Therefore, the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 are not leap years, but 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years.
There is no synonym for “thesaurus.”
And, one close to my heart:
The name for Oz in “The Wizard of Oz” was thought up when Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.”
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The movie Pirates of the Caribbean is based off a ride at Walt Disney World. You sit in a boat and ride a river thingy and look at the different scenes. The dog with the keys in his mouth and the prisoners reaching for them is there, as well as the opening scene of Tortuga.
According to the Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar in use today, years evenly divisible by 4 are leap years, with the exception of centurial years that are not evenly divisible by 400. Therefore, the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 are not leap years, but 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years.
There is no synonym for “thesaurus.”
And, one close to my heart:
The name for Oz in “The Wizard of Oz” was thought up when Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.”
Comment with your fun trivia.