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After acquiring Movado in 1983, Gedalio Grinberg heavily promoted the modernistic "Museum Watch", based on a design by Nathan George Horwitt included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. 
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| A 1970s weather forecast of "low goat pressure" on radio station KRSB in Roseburg, Oregon, was a sure sign of rain ahead. |
| A speaking engagement by Tom Tancredo at a Youth for Western Civilization meeting was canceled after police used pepper spray against student protesters who were gathered outside. |
| The arms of a crucifix in a Barra de Navidad church broke during 1971's Hurricane Lily, earning the statue the name "Christ of the Cyclone". |
| Islip Speedway, at 0.2 miles (0.32 km), is the smallest race track ever to host NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. |
| one of the ships of the Astraea-class of protected cruiser (example pictured) built in the early 1890s survived into the 1940s. |
| Walter Borchers was one of three brothers, all three received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. |
| To prepare a bacon martini, bacon has to soak in vodka for 24 hours, before it is strained over ice and served with a bacon garnish. |
| Mary Millicent Miller was the first American woman to acquire a steamboat master's license. |
| The Pedrail wheel was invented in 1903 for all-terrain locomotion, and was the inspiration for H.G. Wells' short story "The Land Ironclads". |
| Alvin T. Smith was the first postmaster of the first post office in Washington County, Oregon. |
| The Puretic power block revolutionized the technology of hauling purse seine nets on seine fishing vessels. |
| Niles Searls, a California Gold Rush miner, became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California. |
| bacon vodka (bottle pictured) is vodka infused with bacon flavor, created based on the concept of a "meat and potatoes" pairing. |
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