Fact #587

One of Shakespeare’s father’s jobs was to taste beer.

Source: http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-william-shakespeare

Fact #586

Amongst the 713 survivors on the Titanic, there were also three dogs.

Source: http://listverse.com/2013/04/01/10-lesser-known-facts-about-the-titanic/

Fact #580

Microsoft originally created the game solitaire so people would learn how to drag and drop.

Source: http://unrealfacts.com/microsoft-included-solitaire-windows-users-learn-drag-drop/

Fact #573

This Day in History: January 1, 1956 – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.

Source: http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1956/january/1

Fact #571

There is a Titanic 2 current being built and its scheduled to set sail in 2016.

Source: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/02/27/titanic-2-photos-of-the-titanic-2/

Fact #569

2014 is the centenary of Charlie Chaplin’s film debut in February, 1914.

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/451433/Top-ten-facts-about-2014

Fact #561

Both Hitler and Osama bin Laden were announced dead on May1.

Source:http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/02/may-day-both-hitler-and-bin-laden-announced-dead-on-may-1/

Fact #560

Reverend Ray Broshears was not your average pastor. Back in the 1970s, he was a Pentecostal preacher working out of San Francisco who also ran the Helping Hands Gay Community Service Center, a charity that helped gay teens and homeless people. Broshears was one of the first American clergyman ordained to perform same-sex marriages and was a leading figure in the Gay Pride movement.

Source: http://listverse.com/2015/03/08/10-men-who-transformed-themselves-into-superheroes/

Fact #559

The United Nations has declared 2015 to be the International Year of Light and the International Year of Soils. The Year of Light commemorates the centenary of Einstein’s formulation of the Theory of General Relativity, which predicted that light is deflected by gravity.

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/549611/Top-10-facts-about-2015

Fact #556

On the day of his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. had a pillow-fight in his motel room.

Source: http://old.seattletimes.com/special/mlk/perspectives/reflections/pillow.html