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• On Jan. 9, 1768, in London, Eng- Company, thereby becoming the lishman Philip Astley stages the first world's third-largest automaker. modern circus. Astley, a former caval- • On Jan. 5, 1933, construction bery sergeant major, found that if he gal- gins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as loped in a tight circle, centrifugal force workers start excavating 3.25 milallowed him to perform seemingly lion cubic feet of dirt for the strucimpossible feats on a horse's back. ture's huge anchorages. The Golden Gate2 Bridge officially opened on • On Jan. 6, 1838,FILLER Samuel Morse's PAGE telegraph system is demonstrated for May 27, 1937, the longest bridge WEEK 03 in the world at the time. the first time in New1Q09 Jersey. -The tele- span 11 - JAN graph, a device thatJAN used electric im- • 17 On Jan. 8, 1946, Elvis Presley repulses to transmit encoded messages ceives his first guitar. Competing over a wire, would eventually revolu- versions of the story say that what tionize long-distance communication. Presley really wanted for his birthday • On Jan. 11, 1908, U.S. President was a rifle or a bicycle. Instead, his Theodore Roosevelt declares the mother took him to the Tupelo HardPRESENTS massive Grand Canyon in northware Store and bought a $6.95 guitar. western Arizona a national monu- • On Jan. 10, 1976, "Convoy," by TRIVIA ment. Congress didNEWSFRONT™ not officially C.W. McCall, is the No. 1 song on Kara Kovalchik & Sandy outlaw private by development in the the Wood U.S. pop charts. "Convoy" fuGrand British Canyon duo until hit 1919,number when eled What onethein trucking/CB-radio 1983 with craze President Woodrow Wilson signed that had millions “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)? of Americans crethe Grand Canyon National Park Act. ating "handles" for themselves -What actress portrayed PatsyRubber Cline in the • On Jan. 7, 1929, Walter Chrysler, Duck, Pink 1985 Lady, Scooter the founder of the Chrysler CorpoPie, etc. Sweet Dreams biographical film ? -- and daydreaming about ration, one of America's Big Three the glamorous life of the long-haul automakers, is character featured on owned the trucker. Hollywood horse responded with What cartoon a ghostly cover of Time magazine as its Man a parade of related works, includnamed Nightmare? of the Year. In 1928, his company ing "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977). had acquired the Dodgeauthor Brotherscoined the © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc. What 17th century phrase “To
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SPIDERS & SNAKES (continued): • In a process known as molting, snakes shed their entire skin three times a year. • The most common snake bites in North America are from rattlesnakes, with every one of their 30 species venomous. Rattlers have heat-sensing pits on the sides of their head between the nostril and eye. These enable them to detect warm-blooded prey, (their favorites are rodents and lizards), and they can detect differences in temperature to a fraction of a degree. When the rattlesnake shakes its rattles, it’s trying to warn or scare away predators. Every time the snake sheds its skin, another ring is added to its rattles. Beware, because even though young rattlesnakes don’t yet have rattles, they are just as dangerous as the adults. • Adult rattlers only eat about once every two weeks. It’s not unusual for a rattlesnake to live 30 years. • The Eastern Diamondback is the largest rattlesnake, growing to a length of 8 feet. Found in the southeast United States from North Carolina to Louisiana, they can be recognized by their prominent yellow-bordered black diamond pattern. • The highly aggressive Black Mamba snake is native to southern and eastern Africa. One of the world’s deadliest snakes, it takes only two drops of its venom to kill a human, who can die in just 20 minutes. Nearly 20,000 Africans die each year from the bite of the Black Mamba. The venom shuts down the nervous system and paralyzes its victims. TRIVIA This 14-ft-long snake isANSWERS also the fastest snake NEWSFRONT in the world, able to slither along at speeds up to1.12Eurythmics mph, all the while with one-third of its2.body 4 feet off the ground. Although Jessica Lange called the Black Mamba, the snake is actuCasper, the ItFriendly ally a3.brown color. takes itsGhost name from the color inside itsShakespeare mouth, which it displays 4. William when threatened.
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