Epistemophiliac's Delight

According to guards at the Tower of London Armour Museum, Henry was considered a giant in his day at 5 feet 9 inches. Born 1509. Died 1547.

Back stage at theaters you will see a gesture that each member of the cast gives to each other before curtain rising. It is a light kick to the butt or side of the thigh with the knee, male-female doesn’t matter. It’s origin is said to come from olden days of theater when an actor had stage fright, they gave him the boot to shove him onto the stage.

White rose for the House of York and the Red rose for the House of Lancaster. Both were combined after the wars and became the Tudor rose, white and red combined for its coat of arms.

Fore runner to the piano. Strings are plucked by leather or quill points that are connected to the keys.

Hammers connected to the key board strike the metal strings.

1483-1485 Richard was a tall, lean, slender, handsome, courageous, hardworking just leader. In his two years he discontinued compulsory gift giving from individuals to the crown, introduced the bail system for defendants and made all statutes of parliamentary nature written in English text. A far cry from Bill Shakespeare’s version of a crippled deformed murdering hunchback. Not such a bad bloke after all.

Humpbacked or hunchback. From severe left thoracic scoliosis which distorts the rib cage usually on the right side lifting the right scapula (shoulder blade) outward and posterior. Quasimoto was a prime example.

The white tail deer has hoofs that are divided into two toes to walk easier on mud and snow. A gland located just above the hoof produces an odor that leaves a scent that other deer can smell to signal that another deer is present.

Paul Molitor hits his 3,000th. September 16, 1996 on the exact same day Dave Winfield hit his in 1993. Both are from Saint Paul, the first time ever a city produced two major league players to achieve that distinction, and both in Twins uniforms and grew up living five blocks from each other. Molitor was the first to reach 3,000 on a triple.

a galley warship that had three tiers of oars on each side, one above the other.

Anglo Saxon - to steer - in olden days rudder was a large oar used on the right side of boat hence starboard meaning right.

An angle greater than 90 degrees but 180 degrees or less.

is really impatience stretched to the outer limits.

A hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts. First major confrontation against British during American revolution, June 17, 1775. But, history records it as such when in fact the battle was fought on Breed’s hill. "Wait till you see the whites of their eyes" was recorded but not the correct name of the hill!

of "gigolo" by the by is "Jigger".

North by Northwest

No such compass reading. May be Hitchcock meant "take Northwest Airlines" north (with tongue in cheek) four star movie must see.

Dr. Goebbels, propaganda minister under Hitler predicted an "iron curtain" would fall in Europe if the Russian Bear occupied the countries the Germans were forced out of during W.W.II. Later, history would record Winston Churchill as originating the concept and idea Goebbels predated Churchill.

BB61 Iowa, BB 62 New Jersey; BB 63 Missouri, BB 64 Wisconsin.

Rome. Built 1585, four youths lifting four turtles to the upper basin for a drink.

Greek heavy armed infantry in ranks and files, close together and deep.

the most feared and deadly number to be encountered in modern warfare. Born Circa 1916, turned Hybrid in the forty’s, used as anti-tank, artillery, in battle tanks, and against aircraft. Could penetrate seven inches of armour or lift shells 49,000 feet. You mention this number to anyone in the know and it commands respect!

Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Confederate assaults by two brigades, the Alabama and Florida troops were about to crack the union line on Cemetery Ridge and take the high ground. The union needed five minutes for reserves to fill the breach. The first was ordered to attack the Rebs and their colors. In fifteen minutes into the charge, 215 of the 262 officers and men lay dead or wounded. 82% loss is the highest any one regiment suffered in the entire war or any American regiment since. The first saved the day.

"Heads I win, tails you lose".

"No Harm done, do what ye will".

Good Friday - between the hours of six and seven Mr. Lincoln and his wife Mary were having dinner in the White House. By 8:15 p.m. they left by carriage, picking up a second couple to attend the play, arriving in front of Ford’s theater at 8:30 p.m. Given these facts, how is it that in a sworn affidavit of a Protestant minister, in the Catholic town of St. Joseph’s, Minnesota on the day of the assassination, at 6:00 p.m., he was told Lincoln and Seaward were dead, hours before the assassination? You should also know that the telegraph line was 80 miles away and the railroad junction 40 miles distant. Who then had such knowledge? In one theory it was the priests at the abbey who traveled to Washington, D.C., staying at Mary Surratts boarding house. An extension of this would be Rome ordered the event!

Most famous raider in the Confederate navy and of the Civil War, built in England, combination steam and sail, had a lifting screw to reduce drag, capable of 13 knots, never was in a Confederate port. Sailed 22 months, destroyed or captured $6,000,000 worth of goods and ships, 64 all toll, from Singapore, China Sea, to Azores, to New Foundland, to Gulf of Mexico to France. She covered the globe defeating union war ships and merchants. Her final action was June 19, 1864 against the U.S. Kearsage outside the harbor of Cherbourg, France. In 70 minutes of action she was destroyed and most of her crew rescued. Her motto was "Aide Toiet Dieu T’Aidera" God helps those who helps themselves.

The fourth funnel was fake.

Invented by Captain Claude Minie of the French Army. A cycindro- conical ball in variou