Monthly Archives: February 2015

Maximum Recorded Life Span of 27 Animals Age Maximum enregistré la durée de vie de 27 animaux Âge 1. Lake sturgeon 152 yrs 2. Human being 120 yrs.7 mos 3. Tortoise116 yrs. 4. Whale 87 yrs 5. Condor 72 yrs … Continue reading →

Famous Diabetics Célèbre diabétiques 1 Yuri Andropov (1914-1984), Soviet premier 2 Arthur Ashe (1943-1993), U.S. tennis star 3 Hafiz al-Assad (1928- ), Syrian general and dictator 4 Menachern Begin (1913-1992), former Israeli prime minister 5 Jack Benny (1894-1974), U.S. entertainer … Continue reading →

Original Names of People’s Birth Name Noms d’origine des personnes Nom de naissance 1. Anouk Aimee Francoise Sorya 2. June Allyson Ella Gaisman 3. Julie Andrews Julia Wells 4. Adam Ant Steward Goddard 5. Bea Arthur Bernice Frankel 6. Anne … Continue reading →

27 People Better Known by Their Middle Names 27 Personnes sont mieux connus par leur milieu noms Maria Aquino, president of the Philippines (Corazon) 1. Daniel Armstrong, jazz musician (Louis) J. Ernst Bergman, director (Ingmar) Janet Caldwell, novelist (Taylor) Sidney … Continue reading →

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck1858-1947 Né à Kiel. Kirchhoff a réussi à l’Université de Berlin. Reçu le 1918 Prix Nobel de physique pour sa contribution au développement de la physique par sa découverte de l’élément d’action (Théorie quantique) était un … Continue reading →

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck 1858-1947 Born in Kiel Germany. Succeeded Kirchhoff at The University of Berlin. Received The 1918 Nobel Prize for physics for his contribution to the development of physics by his discovery of the element of action … Continue reading →

If Society will not admit of women’s free development, then that society must be remodeled Ellzabeth Blackwell 1821-1910 First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States Si la société ne sera pas admettre des femmes du libre … Continue reading →

Composers Causes of Death 1. Carl Philipp Emanuel.Bach (1714-88): a stroke, following an unsuccessful eye operation. 2. Alban Berg (1885-1935): blood poisoning from an infected insect bite. 3. Johannes Brahms (1833-97): cancer of the liver. 4. Claude Debussy (1862-1920): cancer … Continue reading →

The Great Unwashed: Ludwig van Beethoven had such a disregard for personal cleanliness that his friends had to take away his dirty clothes and wash them while he slept. The Chinese communist leader Chairman Mao decided early in his career … Continue reading →

BOUILLABAISSE How to make bouillabaisse is always a subject among French experts; but you can make an extremely good facsimile even if you have only frozen fish and canned clam juice to work with, because all the other essential flavors … Continue reading →