At the height of their popularity, ABBA made more money in one year than other Swedish giant Volvo. Or, depending on the source, they were second to Volvo. Either way, that means beating out Saab, Ericsson, Electrolux, IKEA, and other major corporations, and that's damned impressive.
That, and they reportedly turned down $1,000,000,000 to reunite in 2000.
Ohio is actually the 48th state. A formal declared date of statehood was not given until 1953, which was retroactively set to 1803 where we all know it to be today.
John Cage wrote a song called 4'33", which is, of course, 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. In three parts.
The Dodge Charger Daytona and Plymouth Superbird, in spite of appearances, do not share a single body panel.
The Chevrolet Nomad wagon was originally based on the Corvette.
Tesla is now credited with the invention of the radio, not Marconi.
Hollywood exists because Edison owned the patent on the video camera, and southern California was roughly as far away from Edison's New Jersey shpo as one could get while still being in the United States at the time, and thus as far away from Edison's lawyers as possible.
Edison attempted to dissuade the American public from using Tesla's proposed alternating current by electrocuting stray animals. This actually helped solidify AC's hold.
Comedian George Carlin's birthdate (5/12/37) is also the zipcode for George, Iowa (51237). Okay, that only works under the American system of month/day/year date writing, but shut up.
Yes, all this dross is actually rattling around in my head. It's no wonder I never get anything done. I may have more later.
That, and they reportedly turned down $1,000,000,000 to reunite in 2000.
Ohio is actually the 48th state. A formal declared date of statehood was not given until 1953, which was retroactively set to 1803 where we all know it to be today.
John Cage wrote a song called 4'33", which is, of course, 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. In three parts.
The Dodge Charger Daytona and Plymouth Superbird, in spite of appearances, do not share a single body panel.
The Chevrolet Nomad wagon was originally based on the Corvette.
Tesla is now credited with the invention of the radio, not Marconi.
Hollywood exists because Edison owned the patent on the video camera, and southern California was roughly as far away from Edison's New Jersey shpo as one could get while still being in the United States at the time, and thus as far away from Edison's lawyers as possible.
Edison attempted to dissuade the American public from using Tesla's proposed alternating current by electrocuting stray animals. This actually helped solidify AC's hold.
Comedian George Carlin's birthdate (5/12/37) is also the zipcode for George, Iowa (51237). Okay, that only works under the American system of month/day/year date writing, but shut up.
Yes, all this dross is actually rattling around in my head. It's no wonder I never get anything done. I may have more later.
