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Thursday, March 23, 2023 Volume 69 | Number 29
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Queen of Country rules the stage Reba McEntire brings top country hits that span four decades
• Did you dislike Brussels sprouts in your youth? Turns out they don’t taste the same nowadays, thanks to Dutch scientist Hans van Doorn, who figured out which compounds in the sprouts made them bitter, then helped begin the work of selecting seeds that would produce more palatable results. • The first gun was made in 1,000 AD in China. • While ostriches can’t fly, no bird on Earth can match their speed on land, since they can not only sprint at up to 43 mph, but cover more than 10 feet in a single stride. • A 50 by 50 foot area of healthy lawn generates enough oxygen to supply a family of four. • Every year, 1.2 million students drop out of school. That’s 7,000 dropouts every day, or one every 26 seconds. • Notorious gangster and bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd endeared himself to the American public by destroying mortgage papers at the banks he held up, freeing a lot of folks from their debts. • The throne of Denmark is made of narwhal tusks, which were claimed to be unicorn horns, and is flanked by three life-size silver lions, inspired by the legend of King Solomon’s throne. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
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he Queen of Country will bring her flaming locks and familiar twang to the live stage at the sparkling new Acrisure Arena. Since the 1970s, McEntire has placed over 100 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the number one spot. She is an actress in films and television, including her starring role in the television series, “Reba,” which aired for seven seasons. McEntire will perform with special guests Terri Clark and The Isaacs. The award-winning entertainer will deliver top hits such as, “Consider Me Gone,” “Turn on the Radio,” “Whoever’s in New England,” “What Am I Gonna Do About You,” “The Last One to Know” and many more. McEntire has sold over 56 million albums worldwide and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. She has won 15 American Music Awards, 13 ACM Awards, nine People’s Choice Awards, seven CMA Awards, three Grammy Awards and one ACM Career Achievement Honor. She is also one of only four entertainers in history to receive the National Artistic Achievement Award from the U.S. Congress. Reba McEntire takes the stage at Acrisure Arena on Friday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at $49.75. The arena is located at 75702 Varner Road in Palm Desert. Call 888-695-8779 or visit acrisurearena.com for tickets.
Fascinating facts about books • According to Google, 129,864,880 books had been published as of 2010. That number is obviously a lot higher now. So when you say out loud “Ugh, can’t find a good book to read,” know that you have a lot to choose from.
• President Theodore Roosevelt read one book per day. • The three most read books in the world are…The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao TseTung, and Harry Potter.
• The most expensive book ever purchased was sold for $30.8 million. It was Codex Leicester by Leonardo Da Vinci, and it was purchased by Bill Gates, according according to Business Insider.
• The first book ever written using a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain must have had a lot of ink and a lot of patience.
• There’s a word for loving the smell of old books. They have the aroma of dust and a whole lot of history. Well now you can call it something. “Bibliosmia” is the word you’ve probably been searching for your whole life.
• Alice in Wonderland is based on a real 10-year-old girl. Her name was Alice Liddell, and her family was close friends with author Lewis Carroll. While on a boating trip, she asked him to tell her a story — and that’s how Alice was born.
1. AD SLOGANS: What company advertises its clothing with the ad slogan, “Quality never goes out of style”? 2. SCIENCE: What is the tallest grass in the world? 3. MOVIES: What is the name of the camp in “Friday the 13th”? 4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the term when two water streams join to form a larger stream? 5. INVENTIONS: What is Tim Berners-Lee credited with inventing? 6. ANATOMY: Where are the quadriceps located? 7. LITERATURE: Which poet wrote a six-volume biography of President Lincoln? 8. TELEVISION: Timothy Lovejoy is a minister on which animated TV series? 9. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Yaks are native to which region? 10. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Before he was elected president, which of the founding fathers attended the coronation of Napoleon at Notre Dame Cathedral? (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. Answer on page 6