Trivia
This is a mid 1800's help wanted sign for the Pony Express. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die. In 1980 the yellow pages listed a funeral Home under "frozen foods". It would take half the people in the United States between the ages of 18 and 45 to run the nation's telephone system if it were not computerized. In 1944, Fidel Castro was voted Cuba's best schoolboy athlete. A lefthanded pitcher, Castro was later given a tryout by the Washington Senators but was turned down by the baseball club. There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
"Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18. Must be excellent riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages are $25.00 a week."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
