Research is Your Friend

So... slow start this AM has equaled basically a no-start day; it's mid-afternoon, and I've written about 2 words.

HOWEVER, I have done a good bit of research on the WWI era. Here's what I learned today:

TE Lawrence was raped by Ottoman Turks

The sinking of the Lusitania was not a completely unprovoked act; the ship carried "secret" munitions to Britain's aid, though officially the US was neutral in 1915

Americans renamed German measles "liberty measles" when we entered the war... (like "freedom fries" that could kill you)

1914-1919 produced some interesting music

In October 1918, over 851 New Yorkers died of the Spanish flu

And apparently our President-elect is Irish!