10/02/2026
Five Random Facts for Friday from the Smiley Morning Show:
1. You could once order dynamite through the Sears catalog. A 1902 edition of the catalog advertised dynamite as a tool for removing tree stumps, claiming it to be "excellent." The listing adds: "To those who are not familiar with handling dynamite, we will, on application, mail a booklet giving full information."
2. Hello Kitty was created in Japan . . . but she's British. Because when Hello Kitty was created in the 1960s, British culture was trendy in Japan.
3. The yellow "Support Our Troops" ribbon is trademarked . . . by the Canadian government. It can only be used legally with their permission.
4. Abraham Lincoln didn't meet his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, until after they were elected. Lincoln picked him because Hamlin was from Maine, to help get votes from the northeast.
5. The first time the "New York Times" mentioned Adolf Hi**er was on November 21st, 1922. The article said, quote, "Hi**er's anti-Semitism was not so violent or genuine as it sounded."
