Time to learn something!
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. Click on "Random article" in the left-hand sidebar box.
3. Post it!
Here's what I got:
Talas is a town in central Anatolia and a district of Kayseri Province in Turkey.
The history of Talas, which hosted several civilizations, goes back to 1500 BC. The place experienced the invasion of ancient Persians, Macedonians, Greeks and Romans. Talas was under the rule of Byzantines until the battle of Manzikert in 1071, when Seljuk Turks defeated Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes and entered Anatolia. From 1467 on, the city came under the rule of Ottoman Empire.
Following World War I and the Turkish War of Independence in 1922, most of the Christian residents such as those of Greek and Armenian ethnicity left Talas. The population of Talas as of 2000 is 40,122. The district Talas counts 60,925 people in total.
Phooey. I saw the heading "Talas, Turkey" and thought maybe it was a new Thanksgiving recipe to try.
Russ Meyer (baseball player)
Russell Charles Meyer (Rowdy or The Mad Monk) (born October 25, 1923, in Peru, Illinois – died November 16, 1998, in Oglesby, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942, Meyer would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago Cubs on September 13, 1946, and appear in his final game on June 28, 1959.
The book Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Meyer is prominent in many of these stories.
Teams
Chicago Cubs: 1946-1948, 1956
Philadelphia Phillies: 1949-1952
Brooklyn Dodgers: 1953-1955
Cincinnati Redlegs: 1956
Boston Red Sox: 1957
Kansas City Athletics: 1959
Posted by: Karan | October 11, 2006 at 11:03 PM