Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, right by the Great Smoky Mountains. She was the fourth of twelve kids. Her father, Robert Lee Parton, worked as a sharecropper and on construction crews, while her mom, Avie Lee, kept the home. Money was tight. The…
Things I Like: Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (GameCube)
I remember being 13 years old when the Nintendo GameCube launched back in 2001. It wasn’t exactly the strongest launch lineup. There was no mainline Mario title, and Super Smash Bros. hadn’t arrived yet either. That left just two real standout options: Luigi’s Mansion and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. Funny enough, I…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Chemical Element Dysprosium
The name dysprosium traces back to the Greek word dysprositos, meaning hard to get at or hard to obtain, a reference to the extraordinary difficulty that chemists faced in separating it from the tangle of other rare earth elements surrounding it. It was identified in 1886 by French chemist Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in Paris….
Things I Like: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007 Film)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix came out about a year after I graduated high school, though I wasn’t into the series at the time. I ended up watching it three years later in 2010 and genuinely loved it. It’s a little bittersweet that I wasn’t in theaters as a kid experiencing these…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Hong Kong Dollar
The Hong Kong dollar, carrying the symbol $ and the currency code HKD, is the official currency of Hong Kong. It divides into one hundred cents, and monetary authority over it rests with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Three commercial banks hold licenses to issue banknotes: HSBC, Bank of China, and Standard Chartered. They produce…