So much great information, all in one spot.
1. Mickey Mouse was first seen in a moving picture show released in 1928. It was a short called "Steamboat Willie".
2. The Panama Canal opened in 1914. The expansion of the canal opened in 2016.
3. The distance from LA to NYC is only half as far as from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea. This is the path of the Nile River.
4. In 1792, 24 stockbrokers and merchants signed the Buttonwood Tree Agreement creating the NY Stock Exchange. It is the most important financial document in U.S. history.
5. Baalbek is an ancient city in eastern Lebanon (currently a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah). It is a world heritage site that includes the Roman-built temple of Jupiter (their pricipal god), another temple for Baachus (their god of wine and merrymaking) and another for the Phoenician sky god Baal. The site includes 1,000 ton+ stone blocks placed one on another. (No one knows how this was done.)
Surely this little dab of information is worth the price you paid to visit my blog.
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