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Oly beer, Olympia, was brewed from 1896 until 1983 when it was bought by Heileman. Oly was brewed with artesian water, and their slogan was, “It’s the water.” Oly beer sponsored Evel Knievel, and Clint Eastwood prominently used Oly in several of his films, including Magnum Force, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Eiger Sanction, Every Which Way But Loose, and Any Which Way You Can. In The Graduate, Dustin Hoffmann’s character Benjamin Braddock enjoys an Oly.
Product placement has been an effective way to advertise for more than a century. Julse Verne mentioned steamship companies in Around the World in Eighty Days, and it is suspected that he was paid to do so. There was conspicuous product placement in silent Buster Keaton pictures, and the use of Reeses Pieces in ET instead of M&Ms is well known. Volvo cars appear in movies much more frequently than in real life, and every movie bar scene has a neon sign pitching a beer brand that is paid for.
Which does not contradict what I posted. He didn’t go by “Jim.”
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The U.S. Navy steam frigate sunk by Capt. Nemo at the beginning of Jules Verne’s 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was the USS Abraham Lincoln. An aircraft carrier of that name is now on active service.
“Nemo” is Latin for “no-one.”
It is famous to first year law students for the maxim “Nemo dat quod non habet,” meaning no-one can pass good title in property to another person, unless they have good title themselves.
This aspect of property law has been overturned in land systems using Torrens, and is subject to exceptions, such as a good faith purchaser for value.
Nemo me impune lacessit, “No one “cuts” (attacks/assails) me with impunity”, was the Latin motto of the Royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland from at least the reign of James VI when it appeared on the reverse side of merk coins minted in 1578 and 1580. It is the adopted motto of the Order of the Thistle and of three Scottish regiments of the British Army.
Finding Nemo came out in 2003 and was written and directed by Andrew Stanton. Stanton also helped to write and direct A Bug’s Life (1998) and WALL-E (2008). He also co-wrote all three Toy Story films, and Monsters, Inc. (2001).
Toy Ledbetter (his real name) was an Oklahoman who scored eleven touchdowns for the Philadelphia Eagles in three NFL seasons in the mid 1950s.
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The Hatter, a fictional character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, is often referred to as the Mad Hatter, though this term was never used by Carroll. The phrase “mad as a hatter” pre-dates Carroll’s works and the characters the Hatter and the March Hare are initially referred to as “both mad” by the Cheshire Cat.
The athletic teams of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, are named the Hatters in honor of the school’s namesake, hat manufacturer John B. Stetson, a benefactor of the university. The hat company was actually located in Philadelphia; then St. Joseph, Missouri; and now Garland, Texas.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma was named by MGen Philip Sheridan. At first it was called Camp Wichita, but Sheridan named it after his friend, BGen Joshua Sill who had died in the Civil War. Ft. Sill is in southwestern Oklahoma and is the main training school for artillery for the US Army and US Marine Corps.
Fort Sill is one of four Army installations for boot camp. The other three are:
Fort Sill is no longer called Camp Wichita, but today just to the west of Fort Sill is the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, a protected open range where the deer and the antelope play, and where the skies are not cloudy all day.
The general public can visit Fort Sill and its Artillery Museum, Artillery Park, and the Fort Sill National Landmark & Museum which has a great exhibit on the plains indians. All museums are free of charge. Simply check in at the Fort Sill VCC, the Visitor Control Center, with government-issued ID, for a day pass.
Of all the forts built on the southern great plains during the indian wars, only Fort Sill remains standing and active as a military base.
Fort Lee, New Jersey is considered the first motion picture capital of the world. When the Kalem Company began using Fort Lee in 1907 as a location for filming in the area, other filmmakers quickly followed. In 1909, a forerunner of Universal Studios, the Champion Film Company, built the first studio. They were quickly followed by others who either built new studios or who leased facilities in Fort Lee. In the 1910s and 1920s, film companies such as the Independent Moving Pictures Company, Peerless Studios, The Solax Company, Éclair Studios, Goldwyn Picture Corporation, American Méliès (Star Films), World Film Company, Biograph Studios, Fox Film Corporation, Pathé Frères, Metro Pictures Corporation, Victor Film Company, and Selznick Pictures Corporation were all making pictures in Fort Lee. Such notables as Mary Pickford got their start at Biograph Studios.
Fort Lee NJ is named after American Revolutionary War General Charles Lee. Lee aspired to become Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, but some guy named Washington got that posting instead.
There are five (count 'em, FIVE), Washington Townships in New Jersey, designated by the name of the county they are located in: Bergen, Burlington, Gloucester, Morris and/or Warren.
George and Martha Washington did not have any children of their own. Martha brought two children from a previous marriage into the union, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. Descendants of John Parke Custis include the family names Dandridge, Jones, Macon, Dugdale, Woodward, Higginson, Ludwell, Evelyn and Thoroughgood.
Mary Higgins Clark spent three years writing a fictionalized account of the relationship between George and Martha Washington, Aspire to the Heavens, the title being the motto of Washington’s mother’s family. The book was about George and Martha Washington’s relatiohnship, The novel barely sold and was remaindered as it came off the press , but Clark knew from that point that she could write a book and get it published.
Mary Higgins Clark just happened to be in Washington DC on 30 March 1981, the day President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley. Because she had a press pass she was able to join the media waiting to hear the President’s prognosis. When the doctor finally arrived to start the press conference, Higgins Clark was one of the few people chosen to ask a question.
Clark Kent is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he debuted in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) and serves as the civilian and secret identity of the superhero Superman.
The initials DC in DC Comics came from the company’s popular series Detective Comics, which featured Batman’s debut and subsequently became part of the company’s name.
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Wanted to include that but could not remember his name.
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