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==Hollywood==
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Harvey and Daeida Wilcox owned a ranch called Hollywood where the modern-day Mecca of entertainment stands!
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The first movie to be made in Hollywood was 'In Old California' in 1910. This was a 17-minute short film by legendary director D. W. Griffith, who was also responsible for the groundbreaking 'Birth Of A Nation.'
 
 
 
Prior to 1910, there were no movie theaters in the Hollywood district--because they were banned!
 
 
 
The Hollywood Sign is almost 90 years old. The original Hollywood sign was constructed in 1923, the same year that Rin Tin Tin gained fame as a canine film star. Though it wasn’t originally meant to be an icon for the film industry, the sign was created during the beginning of the glamorous, decadent Golden Age of Hollywood: in 1925, Ben Hur was released with its record-breaking production budget of $3.95 million.
 
 
 
The first sign didn’t say “Hollywood.” To advertise the Hollywoodland development, the sign was composed of 13 letters that spelled out the development’s name: “HOLLYWOODLAND.” The last four letters of the sign wouldn’t be dropped until 1949.
 
 
 
4,000 light bulbs graced the original Hollywoodland sign. The bulbs were timed to blink so that the words “HOLLY,” “WOOD,” and “LAND” each lit up consecutively, followed by the entire word.
 
 
 
An Englishman designed the Hollywood sign. Thomas Fisk Goff, the artist who created the Hollywood sign, was born in London in 1890. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles in the early 1920’s and opened the Crescent Sign Company.
 
 
 
The sign had its very own caretaker. The real estate developers hired Albert Kothe to act as caretaker.
 
 
 
The Hollywood sign was the site of a suicide. Sadly, the allure of fame and fortune was not reality for many who flocked to Hollywood in hopes of becoming actors and actresses.
 
 
 
The Hollywoodland sign went dark in 1939. The stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Depression during the 1930’s halted real estate development.
 
 
 
The sign was hit by a car. You might not think that a sign perched on the side of a steep hill would be in danger of being hit by a car. But one night, Albert Kothe had a little too much too drink. He drove his 1928 Ford station wagon right off the cliff just above the sign. The car rolled down the hill, smashing into the “H.” Luckily, Albert was OK, but both the Ford and the “H” were destroyed.
 
 
 
The sign was almost torn down completely in 1949. In 1944 the city of Los Angeles purchased 455 acres from the Hollywoodland developers, including the land on which the Hollywoodland sign sat. The city didn’t necessarily want a huge real estate billboard, but they let the sign sit there for another five years until they decided to tear it down. But residents who had come to love the sign protested its removal.
 
 
 
The Hollywood sign is an official landmark. By 1973, the sign was seriously deteriorated again, broken-down and rusty. The city slapped another coat of paint on it and also declared it “L.A. Cultural and Historical Monument #111.”
 
 
 
In the 1970’s, the sign went to pot. On January 1, 1976, prankster Danny Finegood hung curtains over the last two “O’s” in the sign, changing it to read “HOLLYWEED” to commemorate the introduction of a more relaxed marijuana law in California.
 
 
 
The Hollywood sign has almost as much security as Fort Knox. In order to keep people away from the sign and keep the sign from being vandalized, a specially-designed security system was developed. The Department of Homeland Security even got involved… that’s how serious L.A. is about protecting its iconic sign. The security involves razor wire, infrared technology, 24 hour monitoring, motion sensors, alarms and helicopter patrols.
 
 
 
The sign has its very own trust fund. The Hollywood Sign Trust was created in 1992 for the purpose of maintaining and promoting the Hollywood sign.
 
 
 
==Bible==
 
The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.
 
 
 
Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."
 
 
 
There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
 
 
 
There are 12 books of the Bible that start with J.
 
 
 
The most shoplifted book in the world is the Bible.
 
 
 
Bethany, home to Mary, Martha, and Lazarus (close friends of Jesus), was only about 2 miles from Jerusalem (Jn 11:18).
 
 
 
According the stories in the Bible, God killed minimum 2,400,000 people, while Satan killed only about 10.
 
 
 
Swearing on the Bible, is against the Bible.
 
 
 
There is no physical description of Jesus in The Bible.
 
 
 
Methuselah was the oldest man at 969 yrs old (Gen 5:27)
 
 
 
The only boat mentioned by name in the Bible is the Castor and Pollux (Acts 28:11).
 
 
 
Genesis never says Adam and Eve ate an apple, only that they ate fruit.
 
 
 
The only place an apple tree is mentioned in the Bible is (Song 2:3).
 
 
 
David is mentioned 1139 times in the Bible, second only to Jesus.
 
 
 
Elephants are never mentioned in the Bible. However, ivory, which comes from elephants' tusks, is mentioned 13 times.
 
 
 
The last word in the Bible is AMEN.
 
 
 
Amen means basically "so be it."
 
 
 
==Aviation==
 
 
 
Chicago’s O’Hare Airport handles the most passengers per year. Dubai Aiport handles most international passengers and Hong Kong International Airport handles the most cargo traffic every year.
 
 
 
Thailand’s New Bangkok International Airport is the highest world's tallest air traffic control tower. It is at 434 feet.
 
 
 
King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is massive. It sits on 192,000 acres of land.
 
 
 
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport in Caribbean island of Saba is the world's shortest airport. It is only 1,299 feet long.
 
 
 
KLM, established in 1919, is the world's oldest airline.
 
 
 
JFK Airport in New York was originally named Idlewild Airport.
 
 
 
A commercial aircraft flies at an average speed of 800 kilometres per hour.
 
 
All International Airline Pilots speak English.
 
 
 
An air traveler can lose approximately 1.5 liters of water in the body during a three-hour flight.
 
 
 
==Telephones==
 
Alexander Graham Bell suggested ‘ahoy’ (as used in ships) as the greeting when we speak over telephone. But it was later superseded by Thomas Edison, who suggested ‘hello’ instead.
 
 
 
The very first phone call was: “Watson come here, I want you!”
 
 
 
Mark Twain was one of the first to have a phone in his home.
 
 
 
The European patent office lists more than 100,000 inventions with ‘telephone’ in then title.
 
 
 
The first phone book (telephone directory) was issued in 1878 and is only 20 pages long.
 
 
 
The memorable Nokia tone for receiving SMS text messages is Morse code for ‘SMS’ Likewise, the ‘Ascending’ tone is Morse code for ‘Connecting People,’ (Nokia’s slogan) and ‘Standard’ is Morse code for ‘M’ (Message).
 
 
 
Bell’s patent for the telephone was modestly titled ‘Improvement in Telegraphy’.
 
 
 
According to a recent survey, 47 per cent of all water-damaged mobile phones in the UK have been dropped in the toilet bowl.
 
 
 
A ton of mobile phones contains more gold than a ton of ore from a gold mine.
 
 
 
Nokia was founded back in 1865 and manufacturing paper was its primary business. Many years later, it switched to making rubber products, telegraph wires, and other electrical cables.
 
 
 
==US Presidents==
 
George Washington (1732-1799) was the only US President to be unanimously elected.
 
 
 
George Washington made the shortest inauguration speech on record—133 words and less than two minutes long.
 
 
 
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
 
 
 
Jimmy Carter is the first known president to go on record as seeing a UFO.
 
 
 
Abraham Lincoln was the only presidential candidate who was not a Mason in the 1860 election.
 
 
 
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to ever be photographed at his inauguration. In the photo, he is standing near John Wilkes Booth, his future assassin.
 
 
 
James Madison (1751-1836) was the shortest president of the United States, standing at only 5’4”. He never weighed more than 100 pounds.
 
 
 
George Herbert Walker Bush is the only President with four names.
 
 
 
No US President has ever been an only child.
 
 
 
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6' 4."
 
 
 
The first president to be born outside the original 13 States was Lincoln.
 
  
Jimmy Carter was a wealthy peanut farmer in Plains, Georgia. A farming accident left one of his fingers permanently bent.
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This website is started with a motive to help and educate those who are novice to the topics of Personal Finance and Mutual Funds.
  
Gerald Ford was the first person to be both vice president and president without being elected by the people.  
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I discuss and do reviews with an academic interest only. There is no commercial motive with regard to topics being discussed.
  
Rutherford Hayes banished alcohol from the White House and held gospel sing-alongs every night in the White House.
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I am no pro or an expert nor am i registered with SEBI or such authority in the area but will give my views based on personal experience.
  
Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached. He was acquitted by one vote in the Senate. It would be another 131 years before another president, Bill Clinton, would be impeached.
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Welcome to our new website on Personal Finance and Mutual Funds

This website is started with a motive to help and educate those who are novice to the topics of Personal Finance and Mutual Funds.

I discuss and do reviews with an academic interest only. There is no commercial motive with regard to topics being discussed.

I am no pro or an expert nor am i registered with SEBI or such authority in the area but will give my views based on personal experience.

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