The original six NHL teams are: Bruins, Black-Hawks, Red Wings, Canadiens, Rangers, Maple Leafs

1. The Montreal Canadiens were founded in 1909 and are the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL itself. They have won 24 Stanley Cups. The Toronto Maple leafs are second with 13 cups.
2. The NHL started in 1942-43 season and composed of only six teams until being expanded in 1967.
The original six teams are:
Boston Bruins
Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs.
3. Paris-Roubaix is one of the oldest and most grueling one-day bike races. The race travels roughly 250km each year through many cobble and dirt roads. Josef Fischer won the first of Paris–Roubaix in 1896.

Imi Lichtenfeld was the founder of Krav Maga

1. Imi Lichtenfeld was the founder of Krav Maga, a variant of martial arts that puts an emphasis on aggressive destruction of the enemy. Lichtenfeld became the Chief Instructor of Physical Training in the Israel Defense Forces upon the creation of Israel in 1948. Lichtenfeld died on January 9, 1998 (age 87), but to this day Krav Maga is taught to Israeli soldiers.

Irene is a name derived from the Greek word eiréné meaning "peace"

1. Irene is a name derived from the Greek word eiréné meaning "peace."

Of the top 10 hosting sites based on least failing frequency in July 2011, 7 use Linux servers

1. Linus B. Torvalds, the developer of the operating system Linux, had his friend Ari Lemmke post the very original kernel of Linux (which Torvalds wanted to call Freax) on August 25th, 1991.
2. Of the top 10 hosting sites based on least failing frequency in July 2011, 7 use Linux servers.

Semtex has an R.E factor of 1.66

1. Iran Air Flight 655 (IR655) was a civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles on 3 July 1988. U.S. Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes, killed all 290 passengers and crew aboard, including 66 children, ranking it ninth among the deadliest disasters in aviation history. In 1996 the U.S settled with for an average of $213,103.45 per passenger to pay in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims. The United States has never admitted responsibility, nor apologized to Iran.
2. Semtex, the explosive that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 is a general-purpose plastic explosive containing mostly RDX (Research Department Explosive) and PETN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate). It has an R.E factor of 1.66. Outside of nuclear a nuclear bomb, Semtex has the third highest R.E factor but is much easier to manufacture and used a lot more readily than the first two.
3. Relative Effectiveness factor (R.E factor) compares the explosive prowess of a compound to TNT.

A half sibling that shares the same mother is known as a "uterine" sibling. One that shares the same father is known as an "agnate" sibling.

1. A half sibling that shares the same mother is known as a "uterine" sibling. One that shares the same father is known as an "agnate" sibling.

Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb over the skies of Lockerbie, Scotland killing 270 people.

1. Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked on September 5, 1986, while on the ground at Karachi, Pakistan, by four armed men of the Abu Nidal Organization. 20 passengers were killed (some Americans). The hijackers were arrested and sentenced to death in Pakistan. However, Pakistan later released all the hijackers against the wishes of the United States and India.
2. Pan Am Flight 103, (London to JFK Airport) was destroyed by a bomb on Wednesday December 21, 1988. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members died. Eleven people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland were also killed as large sections of the plane fell in the town. It has been suggested the Muammar al-Gaddafi ordered and financially supported the attacks. Lybia eventually came to a $2.7 billion settlement with the victims.
$540 Million of the money never made it to the families as US did not meet one of the requirements of removing Lybia from the list of countries that supported terrorism by April 2005. US removed Lybia from its list of countries that support terrorism on 15 May 2006...
3. Pan American World Airways went out of business on December 4, 1991.

OB/GYN is shorthand for Obstetrics and Gynecology

1. OB/GYN is shorthand for Obstetrics and Gynecology.
2. All gynaecologists are trained and certified obstetricians, although not all obstetricians are gynaecologistis.
3. In civil law, a delict is an intentional or negligent act which gives rise to a legal obligation between parties even though there is no contract between them.

The islands of Fiji five hours behind U.S. Pacific time

1. The islands of Fiji are located at +12 hour GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), or five hours behind U.S. Pacific time.
2. GMT is no longer the world's time standard. Rather Universal Time, Coordinated (UTC), which adds leap seconds at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation. In UTC, seconds are of a defined duration while all larger time intervals (hours, days, weeks) can be variable to allow for the "leap seconds"

24-year-old Geovanny Escalante held a saxophone note for 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 45 seconds.

1. The basic idea behind circular breathing is to fill your cheeks with air when you start to run low on the air in your lungs and take a quick breath through your nose while exhaling the air in your cheeks.
2. In 1997, Kenny G earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. Kenny G held an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds using Circular Breathing. In 1998, 24-year-old Geovanny Escalante destroyed the record by holding his note for at 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 45 seconds.

Cheetah is derived from the Hindi Chita, the spotted one.

1. Cheetah is derived from the Hindi Chita, the spotted one.
2. Variegate means to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors

Gernade means pomegranite in French

1. In probability theory, the Kelly criterion, is a formula used to determine the optimal size of a series of bets. It was described by J. L. Kelly, Jr, in a 1956 issue of the Bell System Technical Journal.
2. Gernade means pomegranite in French.

Amber Rene Hagerman is the child who was abducted at the age of 9 and inspired the AMBER Alert system

1. Amber Rene Hagerman, was kidnapped on January 13th 1996 in Arlington Texas at the age of 9. Her body was found four days later. The kidnapper was never found and her story inspired the AMBER Alert notification system that is in use in most states today.

Lisa Frank founded Lisa Frank Inc. in 1979 and became popular becasue of her sticker line

1. Lisa Frank is the founder of Lisa Frank Inc., a company that makes mostly elementary and middle-school school supplies. Lisa Frank founded the company in 1979 and became popular becasue of her sticker line.

The state vegetable of Idaho is the Potato.

1. The state vegetable of Idaho is the Potato.
2. Two gentleman of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare written in 1590. It is one of Shakespeare's first plays.
3. It was originally intended that 5.9 would be the hardest climbing grade. However, improvement in equipment and harder routs made it necessary to move onto higher grades 5.10 and above, in the 1960's.

As of May 18, 2011, "Where's George?" is tracking 190,623,138 bills totaling US$1,028,594,634.

1. WheresGeorge.com is a website that tracks the natural circulation of American paper money. As of May 18, 2011, "Where's George?" is tracking 190,623,138 bills totaling US$1,028,594,634.

Paddock is a usually enclosed area used especially for pasturing or exercising animals.

1. Paddock is a usually enclosed area used especially for pasturing or exercising animals. Particularly it can often refer to an enclosure where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race

Fiat currency is money that has value only because of government regulation.

1. The Bretton Woods System was a monetary management system that established the rules for monetary policy of the world's major industrial states in the mid 20th century. As WWII was still being fought, 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, for the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. The delegates deliberated upon and signed the Bretton Woods Agreements during the first three weeks of July 1944.
The Bretton Woods Agreements established institutions such as the IMF and IMBRD. As part of the agreement, various exchanged rates were tied to the U.S. dollar, at this point backed still by Gold Standard. However as the U.S. began running trade and budget deficits, only small percentage of the circulating dollar was actually backed by gold. This caused various member states of the Bretton Woods agreement to withdraw. Finally on August 15, 1971, Richard Nixon and the United States unilaterally terminated convertibility of the dollar to gold and the dollar became a fiat currency. This day is known as Nixon Shock.
2. Fiat currency is money that has value only because of government regulation.
3. On August 15, 1971, after Richard Nixon imposed a 90 day price and wage freeze in order to curb inflation, he also withdrew the U.S. from The Bretton Woods agreement and ended the Gold Standard. These measures came as the price of Vietnam war was skyrocketing and U.S. was running trade and budget deficits.

Marcel Douchamp's Fountain, a signed urinal, was voted in 2004 as the most influential modern art piece of all-time

1. Marcel Douchamp submitted a signed urinal, entitled "Fountain," to a 1917 art-show that claimed all art-work submitted would be accepted. Douchamp's piece was rejected. In 2004, a panel of 500 art experts, voted Fountain as the most influential modern art work of all-time.



2. Polenta is a food made with ground yellow or white cornmeal.