U.S. Schools Account For 54% Of Total Flavored Milk Sales

8 oz of flavored milk has 7 teaspoons of sugar.  

8 oz. of soda has 8 teaspoons of sugar.  

NATURAL WHITE MILK HAS ONLY 3 TEASPOONS OF SUGAR PER 8 OZ!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/jfr-beta/toolkit/tool_kit-milk.pdf

Teddy Roosevelt Was Applauded For 50 Minutes At The Republican Convention Which Nominated Taft

Some wanted the outgoing president to run for a 3rd term, but he had promised not to.  Taft was applauded for only 25 minutes.

The Democrats made sure to give William Jennings Bryan as much applause as Roosevelt got at their convention.

Pensacola Is The Home Of The Blue Angels

http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/

*Learned while listening to Piper Reed Navy Brat on CD with the girls.
http://www.kimberlywillisholt.com/piperreed.html

Bill Gates Is The Only Private Person To Own One Of Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks

The Codex Leicester was purchased in 1995 for 30 million dollars.  Its contents detail Leonardo's ideas about water and its movement, including an illustration of what looks like a toilet.

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/codex/


*From Leonardo da Vinci by Kathleen Krull

Leonardo da Vinci Was Arrested & Tried For Homosexuality

In1476 Florence (when Leonardo was 24) an anonymous accusation was all it took to be investigated for this "crime".  After over 2 months of trials, the charges against Leonardo were dropped.

Over 70 years the department which exclusively investigated these types of charges investigated 17,000 men.  Only 3,000 were convicted.

http://www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/globe/leonardo_da_vinci.htm

*Learned while reading Leonardo da Vinci by Kathleen Krull

Andrew Jackson Was The First American President On Whom An Assassination Attempt Was Made

Though his attacker had two pistols, both misfired and Jackson was unharmed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots

*Learned while watching Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & the Presidency on PBS.

How to Pronounce Ague

http://mw4.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ague0001=ague

I have always pronounced it "awg". :(

*Learned from Little House on the Prairie on CD