Trivia of the Day October 28

While around 6.9 billion of the world's 8.2 billion people use a toothbrush, more people currently have access to a mobile phone (over 7.3 billion) than own a toothbrush.

The world's first known tourist guide was published in 330 AD. The Itinerarium Burdigalense, or ‘Bordeaux Itinerary', explained where pilgrims could find water supplies and where they could change horses and donkeys on their long voyage to the Holy Land.

Lee Jang Rim, the South Korean founder of the Dami Mission church predicted the world would end on October 28, 1992, but used donations from his followers to purchase bonds that did not mature until after that date.

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Happy Birthday October 28

Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955. His father was a lawyer and his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way. Gates co-founded Microsoft, which he grew to become one of the most successful companies in history. From 1995 to 2017, he held the Forbes title of the richest person in the world all but four of those years. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which was launched in 2000 is reported to be the largest private foundation in the world.

Bill Gates in 2017

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Today Is October 28

The first public performance of Reynaud's Théâtre Optique took place at the Grevin Museum in Paris on October 28, 1892. The show included three cartoons, the first of which was a 15-minute animation, Pauvre Pierrot, made from 500 hand-painted images, which was the first ever presentation of projected moving images to an audience.

A performance of Pauvre Pierrot as imagined by Louis Poyet

Émile Reynaud’s animated film was a development of his praxinoscope which used a strip of pictures spinning around the inside of a cylinder.

In 1895 The Lumière brothers patented their combination movie camera and projector, the Cinématographe, which quickly outshone Reynaud's invention, driving him to bankruptcy. However, his public performance of animation entered history as shortly predating the camera-made movies.

International Animation Day on October 28 is an international observance, which was first proclaimed in 2002 by the ASIFA as the main global event to celebrate the art of animation. This day commemorates the first public performance of Charles-Émile Reynaud's Théâtre Optique in Paris.

On This Day October 28

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886. President Grover Cleveland, the former New York governor, presided over the event, which was marked by the city's first ticker-tape parade. The statue, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Maurice Koechlin, who was chief engineer of Gustave Eiffel's engineering company and designer of the Eiffel Tower, designed the internal structure.

Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World (1886) by Edward Moran

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Trivia Of The Day October 27

By the end of his life, the composer Richard Wagner had become a vegetarian after becoming convinced that eating meat instead of vegetables corrupted the blood.

The tallest building in the world in 1885 was The Home Insurance Company in Chicago. It was nine stories tall.

The Home Insurance Building

At 13 letters, Liechtenstein is the country with the longest one-word common name in English.

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Happy Birthday October 27

Niccolo Paganini regarded by many people to be the greatest violin virtuoso ever, was born on October 27, 1782. Paganini was so good that he was thought to be the son of the Devil or to have sold his soul for his talent. As a result, he was forced to publish his mother's letters to him in order to prove that he had human parents.

Portrait of young Paganini

Stevens T. Mason was born on October 27, 1811. He served as the first Governor of Michigan from 1835 to 1840. Elected at age 23 and taking office at 24, Mason was and remains the youngest state governor in American history.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. the 26th President of the United States, was born into a wealthy aristocratic family of Dutch and Scottish descent on October 27, 1858, at 33 (later 28) East 20th Street in New York City. Known as “Teedie”, he was a sickly, delicate, asthmatic child. To overcome this Theodore undertook a strenuous regime of daily exercises. He was the first president to win a Nobel Peace Prize as a result of his successful efforts to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War.

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Today Is October 27

National Peach Day is celebrated on August 27th every year. It is a day to celebrate the delicious and nutritious peach fruit, which is in season during the summer months.

White peaches

Peaches have a long and rich history, dating back to ancient China. They were originally considered to be a luxury food, but eventually became more widely available. Peaches were brought to Europe by the Romans, and then to the Americas by European settlers.

Today, the United States is the second-largest producer of peaches in the world, after China. Peaches are grown in many different states, but California is the leading producer.

Peaches are a good source of vitamins A and C, as well as fiber and potassium. They are also low in calor