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@HowardRCarter One thing that makes the film even more impressive is the backstory of the production being made under difficult conditions during Naz! occupation and the aftermath of war, with those lavish sets and huge crowds of extras.
@PrezWisdom When President Harding wore a cowboy hat, it was generally referred to as a 4-gallon hat. It wasn't until Coolidge wore a cowboy hat that we settled on 10-gallon as the standard measure of a large cowboy hat.
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The sculptor of that Jean d'Arc statue, Emmanuel Fremiet, also famously sculpted a gorilla abducting a woman. The image of that sculpture became very famous, and was copied in political humor, wax museums, nightclub acts and film. It may have helped inspire King Kong.
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"German Chocolate Cake," a thread. The old food knowledge is that it has nothing to do with Germany, and was named after Sam German's "German chocolate." Wikipedia says it was first cited in Texas in 1956. #German#chocolate#cake 1/
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The sculptor of that Jean d'Arc statue, Emmanuel Fremiet, also famously sculpted a gorilla abducting a woman. The image of that sculpture became very famous, and was copied in political humor, wax museums, nightclub acts and film. It may have helped inspire King Kong.
https://t.co/eLgZ1PCKhc
The sculptor of that Jean d'Arc statue, Emmanuel Fremiet, also famously sculpted a gorilla abducting a woman. The image of that sculpture became very famous, and was copied in political humor, wax museums, nightclub acts and film. It may have helped inspire King Kong.
https://t.co/eLgZ1PCKhc
@PrezWisdom When President Harding wore a cowboy hat, it was generally referred to as a 4-gallon hat. It wasn't until Coolidge wore a cowboy hat that we settled on 10-gallon as the standard measure of a large cowboy hat.
https://t.co/rkg8BCcR26
@PrezWisdom Surprisingly, perhaps, before cowboy hats were known a 10-gallon hats, formal top hats were sometimes referred to as 2, 5 or 10-gallon hats.
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While they were Highlanders, they were also known, altatively, as Kilties or Hillmen. Kilties because the real-life Gordon Highlanders wore kilts, as did a popular musical group based on the highlanders called the Kilties.
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The name Yankees was already suggested before they played their first game. They played in the American League, and therefor known as the NY Americans, in contrast to the National League's Giants (Nationals). When Gordon left the team, and the stadium moved to the Polo Grounds at a lower elevation, the Highlanders no longer was appropriate, and Yankees became the dominant nickname.
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During the NY Yankees' first decade, tgey were more commonly called the Highlanders, based in part on the fact that the stadium was located above a bluff in a high place, and in imitation of a famous British fighting unit, the Gordon Highlanders, since their president was named Joe Gordon.
https://t.co/jbhzA1vB66
While they were Highlanders, they were also known, altatively, as Kilties or Hillmen. Kilties because the real-life Gordon Highlanders wore kilts, as did a popular musical group based on the highlanders called the Kilties.
https://t.co/pBNIkllVYe
During the NY Yankees' first decade, tgey were more commonly called the Highlanders, based in part on the fact that the stadium was located above a bluff in a high place, and in imitation of a famous British fighting unit, the Gordon Highlanders, since their president was named Joe Gordon.
https://t.co/jbhzA1vB66
The name Yankees was already suggested before they played their first game. They played in the American League, and therefor known as the NY Americans, in contrast to the National League's Giants (Nationals). When Gordon left the team, and the stadium moved to the Polo Grounds at a lower elevation, the Highlanders no longer was appropriate, and Yankees became the dominant nickname.
https://t.co/jbhzA1vB66