New York’s nickname Gotham comes from an English village where everyone was thought to be mad.
Fast Fact – Gotham City
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Fast Fact – Triad
The Chinese gang The Triad saved dozens of Tiananmen Square protesters from violent police retaliation.
Fast Fact – Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell campaigned to shut down schools for the deaf, ban deaf teachers teaching deaf students, and to prohibit deaf people from marrying.
Fast Fact – Tom Baker
Fourth Doctor Who, Tom Baker, tried to kill his mother-in-law, then abandoned his family to pursue acting.
Fast Fact – Jim Jones
Found of the People’s Temple cult, Jim Jones spent much of his life fighting to end racial discrimination.
Fast Fact – Apgar test
The Apgar test scores appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration, but it’s not an acronym, It was developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar.
Fast Fact – Myers-Briggs
The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator was created by a novelist and a magazine writer.
Fast Fact – Ava DuVernay
Fast Fact: Dwarf Planets
There are 5 dwarf planets in our solar system: Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Ceres, and Makemake.
Fast Fact – Paint Drying
A UK filmmaker made a 10+ hour movie of paint drying so the censor board would be forced to watch it.