Hello all! Here is today's edition of Did You Know, or Do You Care? (3/2/20)
Nobody knows how the Academy Awards came to be referred to as the Oscars. The earliest mention was 1932, and was made official in 1939. (Then who is this Oscar fellow? Actually, if you click the link, you'll learn that one rumor is that one of the Academy members back then claimed the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar!)
Popularized by the Shakespeare play, many people think Julius Caesar’s last words were “And you, Brutus?” In reality, he said “You too, my child?” (This is a Scandal!!)
A bolt of lightning can reach 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun, which is 10,340 degrees Fahrenheit. (Please, don't touch)