The hit song Duke of Earl originated from warm-up vocal exercises by the Dukays, a that included Gene Chandler, using his original name, Eugene Dixon, and Earl Edwards. The group would regularly warm up by singing “Do do do do…” in different keys. On one occasion, Dixon changed the syllables he was singing to include Earl’s name, and the chant gradually became the nonsense words “Du…du…du…Duke of Earl”.
NFL QB Earl Morrall died earlier this year. He played a key role in the Miami Dolphins’ perfect season of 1972 when he filled in for Bob Griese when Griese broke his leg late in the season. Morrall started 11 of the 17 games that year, including two of the playoff games.
ETA: Morrall was named the AFC’s Player of the Year in 1972, along with the inaugural NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.
After Sonny and Michael died, anyone named Fredo was urged *not *to go skiing anymore. 
Bob Griese played college ball at Purdue, the “Cradle of Quarterbacks”. Other Boilermaker passers who started in the NFL include Len Dawson, Mike Phipps, Gary Danielson, Mark Herrmann, Drew Brees, Kyle Orton, and others.
Jim Everett of the LA Rams was also one of the many others.
The University of Regina Rams have not yet won the Canadian national championship, the Vanier Cup, making it to the Cup only once, in 2000, and losing to the Ottawa Gee-Gees.
Chrysler’s Dodge Truck Division was formally renamed Ram Trucks, after the make’s longtime logo, in 2009 when Fiat gained ownership of the company. Fiat has kept the Dodge name for its automobile line.
According to Consumer Reports, Fiat owns: Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Ram and SRT.
The first letter of the Greek alphabet is alpha (α) and the second letter is beta (β), giving rise to the word alphabet.
The NATO phonetic alphabet is:
alpha bravo charlie delta echo foxtrot golf hotel india juliet kilo lima mike november oscar papa quebec romeo sierra tango uniform victor whiskey x-ray yankee zulu
Lima is the capital of Peru.
The big yellow butter bean is actually a variety of the small green lima bean.
Actor and author Orson Bean was born Dallas Frederick Burroughs on July 22, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont.
Author William Burroughs was the grandson of William Seward Burroughs I, inventor and founder of the Burroughs Corporation.
William I of England (William the Conqueror) ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of land and livestock across parts of England and Wales. It was completed in 1086. The survey was mainly for the purposes of tax assessment.
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At William the Conqueror’s funeral, the body was to be placed in a stone sarcophagus. But the sarcophagus was built too small, so the attendants tried to force the body – which was already starting to bloat – into it. The body burst, enveloping the church with a terrible stench, forcing the priests to rush through the ceremony.
William the Conqueror was Duke of Normandy as well as, after 1066, King of England.
The 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, died in Ottawa in 1943 when he fell out of a window while drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.
The 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria, was a very popular Governor General of Canada, serving from 1911 to 1916. Connaught Public Library and the recently closed Connaught Public School in Regina, located a mile from Chez Pipers, were both named after him. His daughter, Princess Patricia, lent her name to the Regina Pats hockey team, which is still in operation.
Sir Isaac Isaacs was the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia (1931-36). He had previously served as the Chief Justice of Australia.
Author Patricia Cornwell claims she has solved the Jack the Ripper mystery and that artist Walter Sickert was the murderer of Whitechapel. Formerly, Cornwell worked at the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia.