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Feb/March Edition, Useless Information
This picture came from a 4000 year-old tomb in Egypt. As you can see, women have been juggling for a long time. The art of juggling is also recorded in early civilizations as far flung as China, India, Greece, Mexic… -
Useless information Dec/Jan edition
Did you know? In 1926 Herbert Sellner tested his idea by putting his son in a chair on a table and rocking the table back and forth. Over the next year he constructed 14 wooden Tilt-A-Whirls in the back yard of h… -
November edition Useless Information
Coney Island in Brooklyn was home to several amusement parks starting as early as the 1900s. Dreamland was one of the first, and was open from 1904-1911. Dreamland featured a Swiss alpine landscape, Venetian canals and … -
Useless Information October Edition
For those of you who have forgotten, I am the newsletter editor for a mothers group, and this is a sample of the award winning journalism you can enjoy if you join our group. DID YOU KNOW? Cotton Candy debuted at the St… -
Useless information September edition
DID YOU KNOW? Catherine the Great commissioned the first roller coaster in 1784. It came complete with wheeled cars which ran on a track. The above sketch is an 1884 switchback railway, Coney Island’s first coas… -
Useless information, August edition
I went to a MOPS steering team meeting earlier this week. I am responsible for the newsletter this year. Each year someone new does the newsletter, so style and content vary widely from year to year. I received several …
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