How long is the Gettysburg Address?
The speech known as the Gettysburg Address, given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, runs 271 words, if you count “resting place” as two words.
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On October 29, 1929, the date of the worst crash in Wall Street history, over 16 million shares of stock were traded on the New York Stock Exchange. That day, $8-9 billion in paper value was lost.
What was the first flood in the United States to cost $1 billion in damages?
The flooding of the Kansas River at Kansas City, Missouri, and Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas, in July 1951 was the first flood in the United States to cost $1 billion in damages. Forty-one people were killed.
Who said, “We have met the enemy, and they are ours”?
Oliver Hazard Perry said, “We have met the enemy, and they are ours” at the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813, during the War of 1812.
What relation were Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill?
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were seventh cousins, once removed.
Who was the original voice of “Speedy,” the Alka-Seltzer puppet?
Dick Beals, himself only four-and-a-half feet tall, did the voice of the singing animated Alka-Seltzer puppet in over 200 TV commercials from 1954 to 1964. Speedy, who had an Alka-Seltzer tablet for a hat and another for his torso, was designed by Robert Watkins for Wade Advertising of Chicago.
What are the five tallest buildings in New York City?
World Trade Center. 1,350 feet high, 110 stories Empire State Building. 1,250 feet high, 102 stories (with the 164-foot television tower included, it is 1,414 feet high) Chrysler Building. 1,046 feet high, 77 stories AT&T Building. 950 feet high, 67 stories 40 Wall Tower. 927 feet high, 71 stories