Maryland’s College Park Airport claims to be the world’s oldest continuously operating airport, having been established in August 1909 as a site for Wilbur Wright to train military officers to fly the U.S. government’s first plane.
The movie Airport was based on the novel by Arthur Hailly, who also wrote The Moneychangers.
The Albany County Airport in New York is the oldest municipally owned airport in the US>
In the movie “Kate & Leopold,” the time traveling title character played by Hugh Jackman is the Duke of Albany.
The HG Wells novella, “The Time Machine” is frequently credited with popularizing the concept of time travel.
The flux capacitor, which was an integral part of Doc Brown’s time traveling DeLorean in the Back To The Future movie enterprise, operated at 1.21 gigawatts.
Christopher Lloyd, who played Doc Brown, is the son of a Texaco heiress (her childhood home) and the uncle of Sam Lloyd, best known as Ted Buckland, the nervous hospital lawyer on Scrubs.
1.21 Church meets in a brewery in downtown Winston-Salem, NC.
As for their name – “1 stands for the first century, and the truth and values that drove the early church: the first century was when the church was started. 21 refers to the 21st century, and living the truth, the mission, and the message of Jesus in the context of our time…”
Among the companies founded in Winston-Salem are Krispy Kreme, Wachovia, and R. J. Reynolds.
Francis Church wrote the famous Christmas editorial, “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.”
Frank Church was also the name of a Democratic Senator from Idaho who was best known for opposing the Vietnam War.
Idaho’s state motto is Esto Perpetua, Latin for “Let it be forever.”
Let It Be was the Beatles’ final studio album.
The studio sessions for Let it Be were filmed and released as a documentary to fulfill a contractual obligation, but the film has never been officially released onto DVD.
The Rolling Stones released the album “Let it Bleed”- featuring what many consider to be their best song: “Gimme Shelter.”
Stephen King considered the Rolling Stones’ Paint it Black one of his favorites and has referenced it in his works and used it in the soundtrack of movies/miniseries based on his works; covers of the song were used in the soundtracks of Devil’s Advocate, Talladega Nights, and The Sopranos.
Stephen King made his debut as an actor in “Knightriders,” one of the few non-horror films George Romero ever directed.
Steven Van Zandt played the Michael Corleone-quoting Silvio Dante in The Sopranos
New-Zealand born operatic soprano Kiri Te Kanawa has been singing professionally for more than 40 years (her debut was in 1968).
Nnew Zealand has two major islands called the North Island and the South Island.