Ullr is the Norse God of winter. Many skiers invoke his name and make small offerings to get him to unleash a powder dump on selected ski hills.
Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Agnes Moorehead, June Lockhart and Natalie Schaefer were in the cast of the 1945 film Keep Your Powder Dry, named after a speech allegedly made by Oliver Cromwell to the New Model Army, “Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!”
“Trust in God and keep your powder dry” is a maxim attributed to Oliver Cromwell, but which first appeared in 1834 in the poem “Oliver’s Advice” by Valentine Blacker with the words “Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!”
The poem is a dramatic representation of Cromwell addressing his army during the invasion of Ireland. Edward Hayes, who edited the anthology in which the work first appeared, calls it a “well-authenticated anecdote of Cromwell.”
The second half the phrase is often used by itself, and forms the title of the 1945 film Keep Your Powder Dry as well as Margaret Mead’s 1942 book And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America.
Victor Salva, director of the movies*** Powder ***and Jeepers Creepers, served 15 months in prison for molesting a 12 year old boy.
The Valsalva Maneuver, named for 17th century Bolognese physician Antonio Maria Valsalva, is a way to clear blockage in the Eustachian tubes during rapid air pressure changes, performed by pinching the nose closed and attempting to forcefully exhale.
The Eustachian tubes are also called auditory tubes or pharyngotympanic tubes. They are part of the middle ear and connect each middle ear to the nasopharynx. In adult humans the Eustachian tubes are approximately 35mm (1.4in) long. They are named after the sixteenth-century anatomist Bartolomeo Eustachi. Some modern medical books call them the pharyngotympanic tubes.
John Waldo “Fee” Waybill was the lead singer of the San Francisco-based rock band The Tubes.
The San Francisco Giants are the 2012 National League Western Division Champions!
The Milwaukee Brewers have been members of 4 different divisions in Major League Baseball, the only team to come near that record: The American League West, the American League East, the American League Central, and now the National League Central.
In 1953, the city of Milwaukee, hoping to attract a major league club, constructed Milwaukee County Stadium for the 1953 season. The minor league Brewers were set to move in, until Spring Training of 1953, when Lou Perini moved his Boston Braves to Milwaukee.
The cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated featured a photograph taken at Milwaukee County Stadium, of Braves third baseman Eddie Mathews at bat. The photo also included New York Giants catcher Wes Westrum and umpire Augie Donatelli.
Third baseman Eddie Mathews played for the Braves during their stays in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta.
After a franchise-record 22 consecutive years without winning the NBA title, the Boston Celtics finally won it again in 2008, marking their league-best 17th championship.
Brad Delp, longtime lead singer of the rock band Boston, committed suicide in 2007, by inhaling carbon monoxide.
In 1838, the Boston & West Worcester Railroad became the first railroad to charge commuter fares.
Grand Funk Railroad started out as a three man band in Flint, Michigan.
Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
“Roll Me Away” is the title of a song written by Michigan rock artist Bob Seger on the album The Distance by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. The song peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1983.
The Lone Ranger used bullets made from silver as a symbol of justice, law and order, and to remind himself and others that life, like silver, has value and is not to be wasted or thrown away. In the 3rd episode, his friend, who will be making his bullets for him, mentions killing bad guys with the bullets and the Lone Ranger explains that he won’t shoot to kill; he will let the law dispense justice.
The Lone Ranger named his horse Silver.