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Thursday, February 23, 2023 Volume 69 | Number 25
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McCormick’s Classic Car Auction Nearly 400 featured vehicles will cross the auction block
• In 2015, a study found that having more than 10 trees on their block made folks feel as healthy as if they were seven years younger or made an additional $10,000 a year. • The medical term for ice cream headache is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. Now you know why we call it an ice cream headache or brain freeze. • In the NHL, if both the goalie and backup goalie are unable to play, the team can substitute any available goalie who isn’t bound by a professional contract with another team. To date, such replacements have included an accountant, a facilities manager and an equipment manager. • A course called The Science of Batman was offered at the University of Victoria in Canada in 2016, with the design of examining “how the human body can be adapted and improved based on the metaphor of the caped crusader himself.” • While still a teenager, Dasia Taylor used beet juice to develop surgical sutures that change color to indicate an infection. • The ant-eating assassin bug piles its victims onto its body to scare predators. • Asia is bigger in surface area than the moon.. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. TELEVISION: Which cable TV series features a character named Don Draper? 2. MOVIES: What subject does Professor Minerva McGonagall teach at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? By Alison Elsner
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lassic car admirers can start revving up their proverbial engines in anticipation of McCormick’s Rare Auction #74, where, once again, nearly 400 featured vehicles will cross the auction block. Attendees will see roadsters, convertibles, muscle cars, trucks, wagons and more. Prizes up for acquisition will include a 1987 Rolls Royce Corniche, a 1960 Ford Thunderbird, a 1959 Austin Healey 100 6, a 1936 Packard 1400 Touring Sedan and dozens of others that are sure to attract attention from bidders. Vehicles from the last auction included a 1959 Volkswagen Beetle which sold for $24,380, a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado
convertible for $15,476, a 1928 Ford Roadster pickup for $19,928 and even a 1930 Ford Model A for $24,645. Opening day Friday is free and open to the public with complimentary champagne happy hour at 11 a.m., and on Sunday guests can sip free mimosas and bloody marys from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. For a preview of some of the most impressive vintage autos in the country, guests are invited to stop by McCormick’s year-round show room at 244 N. Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. The auction takes place February 24-26 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center located at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs.
Fascinating facts about Strawberries • Biologically speaking, strawberries belong to the Rosaceae family and the subfamily Rosoideae, which also includes roses. Plants that belong to the Rosoideae subfamily have at least two pistils that are not connected and develop into achenes, a feature that roses and strawberries share. • In addition to red, strawberries can be white, pink, yellow, and golden-hued. These varieties are created by crossing wild strawberries and saving the seeds from the different hued plants. • Ancient Romans believed strawberries help alleviate various ailments, including melancholy, fainting, inflammation, and fevers. This is perhaps due to
to the fact that strawberries contain a high amount of vitamin C. • You might think that an orange has the most vitamin C out of any fruit, but strawberries actually contain more. One large sweet red berry contains 10.5 mg, compared to 70 mg of vitamin C in an orange. • Strawberries are one of the first fruits to ripen in the spring. Their harvest season also is pretty short, clocking in at just about three weeks, so it’s important to harvest them early and quickly. • 10 million baskets of strawberries are shipped daily during harvest time in California.
3. HISTORY: Where was civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president had a sign on his desk that read, “The Buck Stops Here”? 5. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the world’s largest desert? 6. LITERATURE: What is the real name of the author Lemony Snicket? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What is the fruit that gives the liqueur creme de cassis its flavor? 8. MUSIC: What inspired the Beatles’ song “Blackbird”? 9. CELEBRITIES: What is singer/actress Judy Garland’s birth name? 10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What are squirrels’ nests called? (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. Answer on page 6