With its warm tropical waters, Mexico’s Gulf Coast is an ideal breeding ground for corals. The second largest barrier reef in the world, the Mesoamerican Reef, begins off the tip of the Mexican Yucatan and extends due south and well past Mexico’s maritime borders. On its western shores, Mexico is home to the northernmost coral reef in the eastern Pacific. This combination offers underwater attractions all across Mexico, to divers and snorkelers alike.
Prince Albert II of Monaco is related by marriage to the now-defunct Mexican monarchy of the Emperor Maximilian. He holds no Mexican royal titles, however.
There are no airports in Monaco, but there is shuttle service to the international airport in Nice, France.
Brazil’s Ayrton Senna has won the Monaco Grand Prix more times, 6 times, than any other driver.
Rest in Peace, Ayrton Senna.
The Republicans’ nickname, the G.O.P., stands for Grand Old Party.
Grand Hotel was the first movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture yet receive no other nominations in any other catagory including acting.
The Grand Army of the Republic was the fraternal organization of Civil War veterans who had served in the U.S. forces; Confederate veterans were not welcome. Oddly enough, Chancellor Palpatine refers to the cloned “grand army of the Republic” in the Star Wars prequels.
NBC newscaster John Chancellor was arrested at the 1964 Republican convention in San Francisco, for refusing to yield his place on the floor of the Cow Palace to a group of ladies supporting Barry Goldwater.
In 1990-1991, the Republican Guard of Iraq was reportedly a well-trained fighting force to be, if not feared, then at least respected and not to be underestimated. In Operation Desert Shield, coalition forces prepared to do battle against them.
In Operation Desert Storm, the Republican Guards’ asses were thoroughly kicked.
For a few years, all the right guards in the NFL had an endorsement deal for the same deodorant.
Body odor does not come from sweat itself because sweat is odorless. Your body produces two types of sweat: the eccrine sweat and apocrine sweat. The eccrine sweat represents a clear sweat, consisting mostly of water that does not smell and plays an important role in regulating our body temperature. The apocrine sweat that is produced by the glands is thicker and is located mainly near hair follicles, on the groin area, in the armpits and on the scalp. When bacteria contacts with apocrine sweat on the surface of the skin, the release of chemicals produces your body odor.
Under Ohio law, a body attachment is a court order requiring you to appear before a judge, magistrate or court staff to be asked questions under oath about your finances, in order to provide information to a creditor trying to collect on an already-granted judgment against you.
Judge Judy reportedly makes $123,000 per day which would make her the second highest paid celebrity after LeBron James.
A mondegreen inspired John Frederick Gourrier (who sang under the stage name John Fred) to write his biggest hit. He thought the Beatles were singing “Lucy in disguise with diamonds.” He subsequently wrote “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses).”
The cast of the 1966-67 sitcom Love on a Rooftop featured Judy Carne (later of Laugh-In), Pete Duel (the future Hannibal “Joshua Smith” Heyes on Alias Smith and Jones), and impressionist Rich Little.
Laugh-In regular Judy Carne was briefly married to Burt Reynolds; years after their divorce, she wrote an autobiography in which she came out as a lesbian.
Burt Reynolds was married to Judy Carne from 1963-1965. His only other wife was Loni Anderson, to whom he was married from 1988-1993.
I don’t think Loni was a lesbian, though. At least I hope not.
John Reynolds, Democrat of Illinois, was one of the first four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court. He later served a single term as governor and then was elected to Congress. He died in 1865, the same year the Civil War ended.
Robert James (R.J.) Reynolds was an outfielder for the Dodgers and Pirates. He was not a scion of tobacco company founder R.J. Reynolds, whose initials stood for Richard Joshua.
Harold Reynolds had a 12-year MLB career, playing for the Seattle Mariners (10y), Baltimore Orioles (1y), and California Angels (1y).