Category Archives: Fascinating Facts

Fascinating Fact

Posted on May 7, 2018 by russtowne

Bad news for vanilla ice cream fans: Vanilla now costs more than silver! Ice Cream Pricier Than Silver Sources: BBC, Yahoo Finance With Love, Russ

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Ever See a Flying Pig?

Posted on March 29, 2018 by russtowne

The pig in the article linked below comes close. San Francisco has the world’s first airport therapy pig to help calm the nerves of those who are afraid to fly. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/12/05/san-francisco-airport-introduces-first-therapy-pig/94983676/ Another Fascinating Fact; The Denver airport’s therapeutic dog program is … Continue reading →

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How Thoughtful of Them Prohibition turned many citizens into everyday criminals, many by way of homemade wine. Grocers could sell grape concentrate, an item which in and of itself lacked any alcohol. However, if treated in a certain way, grape … Continue reading →

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A Fun and Fascinating Fact: Traffic Lights

Posted on March 21, 2018 by russtowne

A large part of my job as a wealth manager is to read. I probably read eight to ten hours per day, picking up a wide variety of information along the way. I’ve decided to post some that I think … Continue reading →

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Fascinating Facts

Posted on December 19, 2017 by russtowne

If every human alive for those 500 or so years shuffled a deck of cards, one deck per second, we’d end up with that many decks shuffled. That’s a huge number. 90,000,000,000,000,000,000. And almost certainly, each one of those decks, … Continue reading →