In 2015, there were at least 43 instances of toddlers shooting themselves or other people, according to The Washington Post.
Producer George Martin composed and played the baroque-sounding piano solo on the Rubber Soul track “In My Life.” He played it half-speed and then sped the tape up to make it fit.
April 11 is National Pet Day. It was established in 2006 by Colleen Paige, who has come up with several pet holidays to promote adoption.
When pronouncing Facebook in Mandarin, it sounds like “fei si bu ke” (fay suh boo kuh), which means “you must die” or “it is not acceptable not to die.” For you advanced language buffs, the Mandarin characters are “非死不可.”
In 1940, a 12-year-old Fidel Castro wrote President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking for a $10 bill. Admitting his English was not good, he said, “If you like, give me a ten dollars bill green american, in the letter, because I have not seen a ten dollars bill green american and I would like to have one of them.”
This article appears in April 8 • 2016.