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On May 27, 1796, the first U.S. patent for a piano was issued in the U.S. to James McLean of New Jersey, for “an improvement in piano fortes.” Although there were many patents on improved designs for pianos over the years, this was the first piano patent awarded in the U.S. Come along with Tidbits as we play the piano!

A LONG HISTORY• The piano’s ancestors include the harp, the hammered

dulcimer, and the psaltery, which is a box-type instrument with strings that were either plucked or bowed. When a new design allowed strings to be plucked when keys were depressed, the harpsichord was born and it quickly became a popular instrument in the 1600s. From there came similar but slightly different instruments: the clavichord and the spinet, which led to the invention of the piano.

• On a harpsicord, the strings are plucked when the musician’s fingers hit the keys. It has a higher pitch than the piano, the notes cannot be sustained, and there’s no way to vary how loudly the instrument plays. The piano, by contrast, has strings that are hit by hammers, meaning the musician can play either softly or loudly. “Piano” is the Italian word for soft and “forte” is the Italian word for loud. The piano’s original name was “pianoforte” meaning “soft/loud” and was then shortened to just piano.

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Monday, May 25th- Memorial Day. Wednesday, May 27th- SAEG meeting at the fire hall at 7:00 pm. Friday, May 29th and 30th- State Track Meet in Rapid City.

Sunday, May 31-10:30 am Worship at Hope Lutheran. All are Welcome

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• May 25: Memorial Day Program, 10:30am• June 19-20: Estelline Rodeo Days • June 19-21: Reunion Days

• Regular Landfill Hours for 2015 are:Wednesday: 3pm-7pmFriday: 3pm-7pmSaturday: 10am-2pm• Recycle Days: First and Third Monday of every month. If a holiday falls on Monday, the service will be delayed one day.• Rural School Museum Open - Museum can be open any time by calling 873-2563.

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS• An Italian man named Bartolomeo Cristoforti built

the first practical piano in 1700. He originally called it a “gravicembalo col piano e forte” (the “great harpsichord with soft and loud capabilities”). Three Cristofori pianos survive today. They were made in the 1720s, making them the oldest pianos in existence.

• The piano replaced the harpsichord in popularity by the end of the 1700s. Piano building began in America in 1775. The Industrial Revolution made high-quality piano wire readily available. In England, John Broadwood developed machines to manufacture pianos, reducing the cost. By 1870, Steinway & Sons were in business. By 1911, there were 301 piano builders in the U.S. Production peaked in the 1920s and declined during the Great Depression.

• Today, there are approximately 15 piano manufacturers in the United States, but more pianos are built in Japan than any other country.

• The piano has the largest range of volume of any acoustic instrument, as well as the widest range of notes, from below the lowest note of the double bassoon to above the top note of the piccolo. It allows more notes to be played simultaneously than any other instrument and is the only instrument (aside from the organ) that can play both the melody and the accompaniment at the same time. It’s also the largest instrument. The piano’s design has not changed for nearly 100 years.

IT’S A FACT• Pianist Arthur Rubinstein was in the lobby of the

concert hall, watching the capacity crowd come in to hear him play when the ticket agent put out the “Sold Out” sign. The agent, mistaking Rubinstein for a member of the audience, informed the pianist that there were no seats available. “May I be seated at the piano?” he asked.

PIANO PEDALS• Why do most pianos have three pedals? When

you hit a piano key, a hammer hits the strings. The strings ring until the key is let up, when a damper falls on the strings and stops the sound. When the right pedal is depressed, the strings are not dampened and continue to ring, giving a rich resonating tone. Each piano hammer normally strikes three strings for a full tone, but when the left pedal is pressed, the hammers shift position so that they fall on only two of the three strings for a softer tone. When the middle pedal is pressed, it will sustain the notes of the keys that are down when the pedal is pressed, but no other notes that are played afterwards, so a pianist can play rumbling notes at the bottom

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• On May 30, 1806, Revolutionary War veteran and future President Andrew

Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel for printing libelous comments about his wife, Ra-chel. Jackson had married a woman who was not technically divorced, even though her hus-band had abandoned her.• On May 28, 1902, Owen Wister’s “The Virgin-ian” is published. The book was the first “seri-ous” Western and one of the most influential in the genre. It became a sensation almost over-night, selling more than 1.5 million copies by 1938 and inspiring four movies and a Broadway play.• On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford and his son Ed-sel drive the 15 millionth Model T Ford out of

their factory on the final day of production. The Model T had a 20-horsepower, four-cylinder en-gine and could travel up to 45 mph.• On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zea-land and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. News of their achievement broke around the world on June 2, the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.• On May 31, 1962, in Israel, Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann is executed for his crimes against humanity during World War II. Follow-ing the war, Eichmann was captured by U.S. troops, but escaped before having to face the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. Eichmann fled to Argentina, where he was found by agents of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service.

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May 24 - 6-9pm Casino Speedway RacesMay 24 - 6-10pm Casino Speedway Modified TourMay 25 - 9:15am Memorial Day Service @ Mary's CementaryMay 28 - 5-9pm 4th Annual DASH Fun RunMay 30 - 9am Lake City Softball Tournament 25th Annual Summer Swing at Koch ComplexMay 30 & 31 - 8am Fastpitch Day at the DiamondsMay 30 - 8:30am Kidney Walk at the City ParkMay 31 - 6-9pm Casino Speedway Races

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Because It’s JuneJune is National Fresh Fruit and

Vegetable Month. It’s a great time to include more fresh vegetables and fruits in our diets. The latest Dietary Guidelines recommend that we all increase our vegetable and fruit intake. Fruits and vegetables provide a variety of nutrients, including vita-mins, minerals and fiber, and they lower your risk of develop-ing certain chronic diseases. They also are naturally low in calories, fat and sodium, which can help you maintain a healthy weight.

How many fruits and veg-etables should you eat each day? The USDA’s MyPlate recommendations are based on your calorie needs for your age, gender and activ-ity level. For a 2,000 cal-orie diet, you should eat 2 cups of fruit and 2 to 3 cups of vegetables a day. To learn what your individual needs are, use the custom-ized Daily Food Plan on the MyPlate website.

What counts as a cup of fruit or vegetables? In gen-eral, 1 cup of fruit or 100 percent fruit juice, or 1/2 cup of dried fruit counts as 1 cup from the fruit group; and 1 cup of raw or cooked vegetables or vegetable juice, or 2 cups of raw leafy greens can be considered 1 cup from the vegetable group.

Before eating fresh fruits and veg-etables, it is important to remember some basic food safety rules.

• Avoid bruised or damaged produce and keep it separate from raw meat, poultry and seafood.

• Perishable fresh produce, such as lettuce, herbs and mushrooms, and all cut or peeled produce should be stored in the refrigerator at 40 F or

below.• Wash your hands for 20 seconds

with warm water and soap before and after preparing fruits and vegetables.

• Produce should be washed under running water (do not use soap) before eating, cutting or cooking. Then, cut away any damaged or bruised areas.

• Always wash cutting boards, dish-es, utensils and counters between prep of raw meat, poultry or seafood and produce.

My recipe for Summer Fruit, Vegetable and Quinoa Salad is a meal in a bowl. It’s perfect for lunch or dinner on a hot summer day, and it will keep for two to three days in the refrigerator.

(Additional information provided by Christeena Haynes, MS, RD, LD, for-mer Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Dallas County, University of Missouri Extension.)

SUMMER FRUIT, VEGETABLE AND QUINOA SALAD

Quinoa takes this recipe from a delicious salad to a complete meal. The grain has been called a super-food because its protein content is very high for a cereal/pseudo-cereal. It’s also a rich source of B vitamins, thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin B-6 and folate, and the dietary minerals iron, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc. It is gluten-free and considered easy to digest.

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons apple cider or sherry vinegar 1 tablespoon honey or agave syrup 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 1/2 (6-ounce) packages baby kale or baby spinach 1 medium summer squash or zucchini, thinly sliced into rounds 1 1/2 cups of cooked quinoa (or a cooked quinoa and brown rice) 1/2 cup fresh sweet cherries, pitted and halved 2 plums or peaches (or combi- nation of both), pitted and sliced into segments 2/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onion, white and green parts, roots removed and discarded 2 ounces goat cheese or feta cheese, crumbled (about 1/2 cup)

1. Combine olive oil, vinegar, honey or syrup, mustard, pepper, salt and cayenne pepper in a medium bowl. Place the kale or spinach and the squash or zucchini on a platter or in a large, shallow bowl. Pour 1 1/2 table-spoons of the oil mixture over the vegetables, sprinkle and toss to coat.

2. Stir the quinoa blend or the cooked quinoa or the brown rice, cherries, plums and/or peaches, pars-ley and green onions into remaining oil mixture in the bowl. Top the kale or spinach mixture with the quinoa mixture and sprinkle with the cheese.

***Angela Shelf Medearis is an

award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cook-book is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.

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May 28 - Last Day of School for students

***SAVE THE DATE***August 14-16: 77th Annual Cornfest

• Memorial Day Program in Appleton will be Monday, May 25th at 9:00 a.m. at the Memorial Mall at the Appleton City Cemetery. This year's speaker will be Mike Bredeck of Madi-son. In case of rain, it will be held at the '52 Wing.• The Appleton/Milan Elementary School Art Show will be Tuesday, May 26th from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the school. A whop-per feed fundraiser for Appleton lyceums will be at 5:00 p.m.• Appleton/Milan Elementary school students will celebrate International Walk/Bike to School Day Wednesday, May 27th starting at 7:45 a.m.• The Baccalaureate service at the LqPV HS will be Wednes-day, May 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gym.

Events at the Appleton Public Library• May 26, 5:00 p.m. Coffee, cookies & chat book club "The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffman• May 27, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Lego club for grades 2-6

Save the Date-Appleton High School All School Reunion • Sept 16-18, 2016

(During Applefest & Harvestfest Weekend!!)

LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2015 AT 1:00 P.M.

APPLETON A'sSunday, May 31 Hancock Home 2pm Saturday, June 6 Minneota Home 4pm

CLINTON, MN***SAVE THE DATE***

CELEBRATE CLINTON 2015 JUNE 20THJune 2 - 8pm Clinton American Legion

June 2 - 8pm Sno Riders

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• “Planning a new roof? Choose a light color for cooling benefits. Also check with your home-insurance company to see what discounts it

might offer for different styles or options, like upgraded hurricane clips or fire retardant materials.” -- R.E.W. in Tennessee

• Cut a cord of firewood in the spring, and cure it yourself. Store it away from the house and properly care for the wood by stacking it where it will have access to the sun and wind to dry it. Let it season for six months or longer, and you’ll have firewood ready when the temperatures drop again.

• “If you’re melting chocolate in your microwave, do yourself a favor: Line the bowl with wax paper or parchment paper. The chocolate is still easy to stir, but when you take it out, you can scrape all the chocolate off the paper so that none is wasted!” -- A.A. in Florida

• Shopping for bagged frozen vegetables? Give them the squeeze test: If the vegetables feel hard and solid, they have thawed and refrozen. Choose another bag.

• Keep musty smells out of your linen closet by stashing a box of baking soda on one of the shelves, just as you would in the kitchen.

• “Place a bit of clear tape over the spot where you are going to drive in a nail to prevent the nail from cracking drywall. It will go right in. Also, if you’re nailing into wood, drag your nail through some soap (bar soap is fine) before striking it. This does the same thing -- it will keep the wood from splitting. You can even keep a travel-size bar of soap in your nail apron for just this purpose.” -- P.K. in New Jersey

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BIG STONE CITY: City Wide Rummage Sales. SATURDAY, JUNE 6th, 2015

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1967 Dodge Polara 2dr. 383 270 hp. w/727 trans.Good interior,good glass.Needs brake work $2500 call for more info. 507-430-0054 FOR SALE: 352 Ford Engine bolted to C6 transmission. $300 OBO. 605-868-2974. 0525

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2015 Graduation InformationGraduation Date: May 31, 2015

Graduation Time: 1:30 p.m.Graduation Place: CGB High School

Class Colors: Blue & GoldClass Flower: Stargazer

Class Motto: "We can't all be stars, but we can all shine!"

May 27 - TOPS - 8:30amMay 27 - Al-Anon - 6:30pmJune 1-12 - Summer Rec Swimming Lessons @ Chokio - 3pmJune 1 - Graceville Firemen's Meeting - 7pm

May 27 - Golf @ Benson - 10amMay 28 - Track @ Moorhead - 11:31am


Big Stone City RecreationSoftball Clinic - June 1-3 - 6:30pm at the Big Stone Baseball FieldLife Skills for Girls - June 3-July 22; Wednesday - 10-11:30am at the Community CenterT-Ball - June 2-July 16; Tuesdays & Thursdays - 6:30pm at the Baseball FieldLittle League Baseball - June 2-July 16; Tues. & Thurs. - 6:30pm at the Baseball FieldGirls Softball - June 4-July 16; Tuesdays & Thursdays - 6:30pm at the Baseball FieldBasketball Clinic - July 20-23 - 9-11am at the School GymBasic First Aid - July 12-23 - 6:30pm at the Community CenterVolleyball Clinic - August 10-14 - 9-11am at the School Gym

Big Stone City LibrarySummer Reading Program Registration will be held on Wednesday, May 27 from 4:00-6:00 pm. Children Ages 5 through Grade 5 (finished grade this year) are welcome to stop by register, pick up their reading packets, and a calender for the Summer Reading Program 2015--Every Hero has a Story! Refreshments will be served also during this time. If parents do not already have a library card they are encouraged to get one at this time. If you have any questions regarding the Summer Reading Program, email Janelle at [email protected].

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May 28 - Grant County Development Corp. Annual Meeting - 12pm at Milbank Visitors Center

May 30 - Cancer Walk Cookout - 1pm at Zem's - Free will donation, with proceeds togo to St. William's Care Center & Whetstone Insurance Cancer Walk Team

May 30 & 31 - Yelduz Shrine CircusSaturday May 30th at 3pm & 7pm, Or 2 shows on Sunday May 31st at 1pm and 5pm. Kids 6th grade and under will be free thanks to supporting area busi-nesses. Everyone's a kid again at the Shrine Circus!

June 5 & 6 - 20th Annual Whetstone Valley Antique & Vintage Snowmobile Show & Swap, Lake Farley Park. For more info call Derrick Loeschke at (605) 880-3277.

June 7 - Fraternal Order of Police Pancake Feed - 9am-1pm at Milbank Visi-tors Center - Free will donation, with proceeds to support It Only Takes A Spark Cancer Walk & the Grant County FOP Chapter.

18th Annual "It Only Takes A Spark" Cancer Walk June 12, 6pm @ Lake Farley Park

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Puzzle Answers

of the scale and have them sustained while playing tinkly high notes at the top of the scale.

• When you soft-pedal something, you are referring to the pedal on a piano which is used to mute the tone. When you pull out all the stops, you are acting like an organist who pulls out all the knobs, or stops, in order to use all the organ pipes.

NOTED COMPOSERS• Mozart challenged Haydn to play an impossible

piece of music which resulted in hands at both ends of the piano and a note to be played in the middle, which Haydn could not do. But Mozart triumphantly bobbed down and used his nose to strike the key.

• “I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.” -Artur Schnabel, Australian pianist, when asked the secret of piano playing.

• Musician Max Reger played piano in Schubert’s “Trout” quintet in a concert and later received a basket of trout from an admirer. He wrote the fan a letter thanking him for the gift, and casually

mentioned that in his next concert he was going to perform Haydn’s “Minuet of the Ox.”

• Russian composer Anton Rubinstein would often sleep late. His wife devised a scheme to get him out of bed. She would go up to the piano above his bedroom and loudly play unresolved chords. Rubinstein, who couldn’t stand unresolved chords, would jump out of bed and rush up to the piano to play the final chords, and his wife would sneak into his bedroom and make up the bed.

• Russian pianist Vladimir Pachmann enjoyed teasing audiences. A favorite trick was to play endlessly with the piano stool before starting to play. He would twist it up then lower it, adjusting and readjusting it until the audience became impatient. Then he would rush offstage and return with a large book, placing it on the stool. He would settle down, ready to begin the recital when suddenly he’d stand up one more time, rip a single page from the book— and then begin to play.

• When the cat belonging to composer Domenico Scarlatti walked across his piano keys, it inspired him to write “Cat’s Fugue.”

• Polish pianist Josef Hofmann walked on stage at a concert, waited for the applause to die down, sat blankly at his piano for a moment, then leaned over and asked a woman in the first row, “May I see your program for a moment? I have forgotten what comes first!”

• Oscar Levant was giving a piano concert when, during the middle of the piece, a phone began ringing very loudly off-stage. Levant continued to play but the phone kept ringing. Finally he paused, turned to the audience, and said, “If that’s for me, tell them I’m busy.” Once he was annoyed when a woman arrived late for a concert and began walking down the center aisle to find her seat as he was playing. He began to play in time to her steps. She walked quickly, he played quickly. She hesitated, he hesitated. She slowed down, he slowed down. By the time she reached her seat, the audience was hysterical.

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• It was the fourth U.S. presi-dent, James Madison, who made the following sage observation:

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the rights of the people by the gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

• Jimmy Carter was the first American president to be born in a hospital.

• Though the reasons are unclear, researchers have found that children of Mexican descent are less likely to have at-tention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than children of other ethnicities.

• In some cultures, slurping your soup is considered to be a compliment to the chef, while here in the U.S., it’s frowned upon as demonstrating bad manners. In New Jersey, how-ever, it goes a bit further; in that state, public slurping of

Inter-Lakes Community Action PartnershipMay 25 - NO SERVICEMay 26 - Chicken Strips, Soup & Salad Bar (Includes Fruit or Veggies), BreadMay 27 - Roast Pork, Company Potatoes , Green Beans, Fruit, BreadMay 28 - Hamburger on a Bun, Hash Browns, Baked Beans, PearsMay 29 - Taco Day Meat/Vegetables/Salad, Fruit, Bread/Roll/ShellJune 1 - Tator Tot Casserole, Applesauce, Vanilla Pudding, BreadJune 2 - Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Mixed Vegetables, Peaches, BreadJune 3 - Sloppy Joe on a Bun, Seasoned Potato Wedges, Buttered Baby Carrots, PearsJune 4 - Chicken Parmesan, Scalloped Potatoes, Green Beans, Carri-Fruit Salad, BreadJune 5 - Taco Day Meat/Vegetables/Salad, Fruit, Bread/Roll/Shell

School - May 29 & 30 - State Track in Rapid CityJuly 3 - Clark High School Alumni Reunion 2015

2 - 4 pm - School Tours • 6 pm - Social Hour & Registration7 pm - Banquet - Clark High School

June 6th ~ Johnsonville Reunion - Sure to be a party!June 19th, 20th, 21st ~ Toronto Daze• Friday Night the 19th, Unique Entertainment will be starting the weekend off by having karaoke 9-1• Saturday the 20th, brings fun during the day and partying all night (or until they tell us to go home!)There will be a dance featuring Hicktown Mafia that won't disappoint! Don't miss it!!• Get your teams signed up for the annual Toronto daze co-ed softball tournament June 20th - 21st. For more informa-tion contact Kelli at 690-5280 or Ricks at 794-RICK!!!!

SchoolMay 29-30 - State Track in Spearfish

Noteworthy Inventions

HEINRICH STEINWEG• Heinrich Steinweg was born in Germany in 1797.

After being orphaned at the age of 15, he went to work as a carpenter. Later he apprenticed to an organ builder, where he discovered a natural talent for music. Soon he became the organist for the local church.

• He began to build instruments in his kitchen, doing it secretly to avoid trouble with the local union guild. He started with zithers and guitars before moving on to pianos. In 1935 he built a square piano as a wedding gift for his bride, and a baby grand he constructed in 1836 is now on display at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Because of the unstable political situation in Germany, Steinweg sent one of his sons over to the U.S. to scope out possibilities. A year later, he followed with his wife and five more sons, leaving one son behind in Germany to continue the family piano-building business there. He and his sons worked in various piano factories in New York until they were able to establish their own company in 1853.

• At this point Heinrich Steinweg changed his name to Henry Steinway, and called his company Steinway & Sons. Just two years later, one of their pianos earned them first prize at the New York Industrial Fair. This was followed by more awards. By 1862, Steinway pianos had received more than 35 medals. Composers Franz Liszt and Anton Rubinstein swore that Steinways were the best pianos available. Steinway’s fame spread.

• In 1866 Steinway invented and constructed the first upright piano. That’s also the year they founded Steinway Hall in New York City. The acoustics were excellent and the theater seated 2000 people. This served as New York’s premiere concert hall until Carnegie Hall opened in 1891.

• Anyone attending an event at Steinway Hall had to pass through the lobby where a variety of Steinway

pianos were diplayed. This increased demand for the pianos, and they sold an extra 400 pianos the first year alone.

• The company moved to its current location in Astoria, New York, and built Steinway Village. Virtually its own town, Steinway Village had its own foundries, factory, post office, parks and housing for employees. With a workforce of 350 men, production increased from 500 to 1,800 pianos per year.

• The Steinway company was granted 127 patents for improvements in the piano over the years. By the time Henry died in 1871, leaving his sons to carry on, Steinway pianos were known as the world’s finest.

• By 1900 the company was producing 3,500 pianos a year. Steinway & Co. presented their 100,000th grand piano to President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903, and in 1938, the Steinway’s 300,000th piano was given

to President Franklin Roosevelt. It still occupies the East Room in the White House.

• During World War II, Steinway built 2,436 special models called the “Victory Vertical” or “G.I. Piano.” It was a small piano that four men could lift, painted olive drab, and designed to be carried aboard ships or dropped by parachute from an airplane to bring music to the soldiers.

• Until his death in 2008 at the age of 93, Henry Z. Steinway, the great-grandson of the Steinway founder, still worked for Steinway. He was the last Steinway family member to be president of the company.

• Steinway & Sons crafts approximately 2,500 pianos a year worldwide not only in Astoria, New York, but also in Hamburg, Germany. Each Steinway takes about a year to build. Prices start at $50,000 and a Steinway never loses its value.

soup is illegal.• What do Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Noel Coward

and Charles Dickens have in common? None of them ever graduated from grade school.

• If you suffer from pupaphobia, you experience an unrea-sonable fear of puppets and dolls.

• During the 14th century, so many people in the city of Avignon, France, died from the Black Plague that Pope Clement consecrated the Rhone River to allow masses of bodies to be laid to rest in its waters.

• Before the middle of the 18th century, it was not unusual for members of a play’s audience to be seated onstage, just a few feet from the performance. If viewers thought an actor’s performance was particularly bad, they might even try to bump the performer off the stage.


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