Talking Points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
Reported by PLANADVISER Staff
- The reindeer names Donder and Blitzen mean “thunder” and “lightning.”
- A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
- Sheep can survive for up to two weeks buried in snow drifts.
- 12/23/1972 – The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second play where the Steelers’ Franco Harris caught a deflected pass in what has become known as the “Immaculate Reception.”
- January 1, 1954: Elvis Presley, a struggling young musician who worked in a machine shop, made a recording for his mother’s birthday. He paid $4 at Sun Records to record two songs, “Casual Love Affair” and “I’ll Never Stand in Your Way” (an impressed office assistant brought a copy to studio executive Sam Phillips)
- Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in “A Christmas Carol,” three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens: Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam.
- On December 21, 1620, the Mayflower and its passengers, pilgrims from England, landed at Plymouth Rock.
- Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium on Dec. 21, 1898.