April 29, 2024
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On This Day
1961 - ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" premiered. The rise of cable television offering more outlets for sports programming caused the show to end after a 36-year run in 1997.
Fact of the Day
The band Iron Butterfly didn’t know they were being recorded in the studio for 17 minutes when they played their now-hit song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida." It went on to sell over 30 million copies.
Nature Oddities
Elephant polo is played in Nepal, India and Thailand. They play on a slightly smaller field, with each elephant having 2 riders. A standard polo ball is used, along with a 10-foot cane pole with a mallet head on the end.
Food and Drink
A man once sued Doritos claiming that his throat had been damaged because of the shape and rigidity of the tortilla chips, but his case was thrown out.