Slow Progress
Despite the unfortunate truth that Genie’s language development would never improve, she learned to play, chew, dress, listen to music and draw. The hospital staff was enamored with her…
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Genie Wiley: America's Ferie Child
The More You Know
- A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
- The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.
- In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
- Peanuts can be used to make dynamite.