Today, some short tidbits.

Christopher Columbus did not discover America. I lie not.

America was first discovered by Leif Erikson in 1021, nearly 500 years before Columbus’ 1492 journey.

The two expeditions did have one thing in common, however. Erickson was probably not looking for America either. Love this observation!

High rising cryptocurrencies suddenly moving in a different direction. Downward! Major selloff occurring.

On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks sat in a white person’s seat in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Thereafter, she and Martin Luther King Jr. attacked the Alabama bus segregation laws.

Big day for American industry: December 1, 1913. Henry Ford’s first assembly line in U.S. installed to mass produce automobiles.

What did oranges used to look like? They weren’t always orange.

Oranges originated some 8 million years ago in the southeast foothills of the Himalayas. Nothing like the oranges we know today. They were smaller, bitter and came in a variety of shapes and colors.

The oranges we eat today are descendants of citrons, pomelos and mandarins. Seventy percent of the oranges we know today are a cultivated hybrid of the ancient pomelo.

Pennies in the news recently.  U.S. law has prohibited making them. Too expensive.

The Statue of Liberty’s exterior is copper. It is estimated 435 million pennies could be made from Liberty’s exterior.

Egyptians were the first “brilliant” peoples. Created many things: Tooth paste, scissors, prosthetic appendages , the solar calendar, marshmallows, and built pyramids without sophisticated tools.

The first Super Bowl halftime performers were marching bands. Generally college ones. Till 1967 when trumpeter Al Hirt blew his horn. He returned for several years.

Surprise! Super Bowl halftime show headliners do not get paid. Odd, since some shows cost as much as $13 million to produce. The stars and their staffs do receive minimum compensation on a “union scale” which amounts to a few hundred dollars.

The U.S.’ most sinful city: Las Vegas, Nevada. The U.S.’ least sinful city: Columbia, Maryland.

Japan has discovered a “human washing machine.” Just like washing clothes. Naked body lies inside and is washed via machinery. A Japanese company is presently manufacturing it.

James Baldwin: “Not everyone that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Makes sense!

Dick Van Dyke is 99 years old!

Trump has become “bubble wrapped.” He fails to meet with the public as he previously did. His reputation is on a rapid downhill trend. His activities now limited to traveling abroad, golf at his private clubs and dining with wealthy friends, business leaders and major donors. He has “deserted” the people. He knows they are no longer “his.”

Did you notice? It was Thanksgiving Week and no turkey pardons and awkward speeches.

What is happening with Trump’s remodeling of the East White House ballroom? An estimated $3 million project. Questions are being asked.

Ellen DeGeneres and wife reportedly planning on a U.S. return. Dislike England’s cold weather and lack of friends. May return to California and friends.

There is truth in “ain’t no place like home!”

Dysfunctional families are common. Tiffany Trump skipped Thanksgiving Dinner with Donald after he made some adverse claims against her. Pissed her off. Ergo, she and her son Alexander spent the holiday with her mother/grandmother Marla Maples.

That’s the way it goes. More so these days in the U.S.

I close with the lying issue.

Children lie. A tendency. Not badly. An observation. My children never lied as much as Donald Trump. Not a good sign for Donald!

Enjoy your day!