Most Intriguing fact of the day...

[akbar]

Coincidence of the day - In 1951 in the month of March, Dennis the Menace was born… twice. With only three days apart (but an identical debut day), both Hank Ketcham (US) and David Law (UK) created their first comics containing a character with an identical name, characteristic etc..
The two men were unaware of each others cartoons but when the coincidence was made known to them, they agreed to simply both continue writing their strips without interfering with the other.



(Mind was genuinely blown when I read that )

[Dennis]

Coincidence of the day - In 1951 in the month of March, Dennis the Menace was born… twice. With only three days apart (but an identical debut day), both Hank Ketcham (US) and David Law (UK) created their first comics containing a character with an identical name, characteristic etc..
The two men were unaware of each others cartoons but when the coincidence was made known to them, they agreed to simply both continue writing their strips without interfering with the other.



(Mind was genuinely blown when I read that )

also leading to anyone named dennis to be called a menace at least once in their life time. not that I would know.

[Bodom]

If I could add to your "Fact of the day" page akbar, here's a common "conspiracy" myth involving both presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy...

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.


Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre
Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in a Lincoln automobile, made by Ford.


Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theatre.
Kennedy's secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are comprised of fifteen letters

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.


I always thought this to be an interesting topic of debate.

I'm not one for conspiracy theories but goddamn.

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

you know he tortured the fuck out of his actress on that one. threw live birds and shit at her

He also had some tied to her dress so they couldn't fly out of the shot. I give her props for the dedication to both the part and the ability to make wearing ketchup look kindof hot.

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

I'm not one for conspiracy theories but goddamn.

What's funny, is that in the Ripley's Believe it or not museum on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, there is actually a very large poster dedicated to this very theory. It's quite funny when the tourists read it and start talking to one another when walking away from it.

[akbar]

Recording of the day - This is the first ever recording of a human voice by Thomad Edison.

http://extra.listverse.com/amazon/re...gs2/edison.mp3

[clrj3514]

Akbar, do you use listverse sometimes?

[akbar]

Akbar, do you use listverse sometimes?

This whole thread is pretty much Listverse.

And I read listverse a lot, it gets unhealthily addictive.

[clrj3514]

This whole thread is pretty much Listverse.

And I read listverse a lot, it gets unhealthily addictive.

Yea I thought so. I love that site too lol