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   The original title of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men was Something That Happened.

   In 1974, Gerber introduced Gerber Singles for adults - small servings in jars almost identical to those used for baby food.

   John Travolta turned down the Tom Hanks roles in Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, and Splash.

   When The Dukes of Hazzard was in its heyday, the General Lee - the car - received over 30,000 pieces of fan mail each month.

   In the 1890s, the University of Nebraska football team was called the Bugeaters.

   In the election of 1968, Wilt Chamberlain endorsed and campaigned for Richard Nixon.

   Posted 1 year ago by Dee #

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   Thank goodness Steinbeck changed the title!! What a horrible title that would have been! A car got mail--now how sad is that! Then again if they got a response written from the car...

   Posted 1 year ago by SoxsMom #

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   Ha! I feel like that Steinbeck title was very appropriate. That's how I felt about the book: "Something happened. The something else happened. The something else happened." Oh, and none of it meant anything. <--- I was an English major, btw.

   I wonder what Bugeaters were in Nebraskan slang. Hmm... google time. Alas, google has failed me. All I got out of my three minutes of searching is that Bugeaters were a football team, which I already knew, and that it could also mean someone from Nebraska. But... but... but... why? Are Nebraskans known for eating bugs?

   Sorry for the rambling. I'm in a silly mood.

   Posted 1 year ago by libbykate09 #

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   LK I am an English teacher. Some novels that we read I don't particularly care for, but I am happy to say that I kinda like Of Mice and Men. I know that everyone loves Grapes of Wrath--me, not so much.

   Posted 1 year ago by SoxsMom #

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