Baxter’s Daily Factoid

Imagine if he had given up on his dream.. ..

That's right, it was straight up gambling and we ate it up. It was great being a kid back then.

I always look forward to this time of the year. It's time to Moondance Jam.

When i was a young punk teenager, I used to go see a band called South 40 at the Fargo Coliseum. I always looked forward to seeing these guys. They were a great band. This band formed in 1967 and played until 1972. the band was made up of singer David Wagner, guitarist Dick Wiegand, bassist Larry Wiegand and drummer Harry Nehls...

Father's Day is always sort of bittersweet for me. I love being a dad to some great kids, but at the same time, I miss my dad.

Just an idea. of course, we could tear the whole thing down and make a downtown park area.

Tomorrow, we will be opening the Loon Ticket Window for Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers tickets. Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers live at the Xcel Energy Center, June 15th,

Ikea, is running a magazine ad in Sweden for a crib. The ad also has a page women can urinate on and it will tell her if she's pregnant. So, I guess, that's where we are in the World these days. Not sure if this would go over big in the U...

Benton Station is putting up the big tent this Saturday for Bret Michaels in concert. Bret will be doing all your favorite Poison tunes as well as his solo stuff. Always highly dependable for a great show, Bret Michaels brings it this Saturday to the Benton Station Tent Party...

In the early 1900s, factories that would tan animal hides would buy urine to use in the tanning process.  Poor families would all urinate in a large pot and at the end of the day take the kettle to the tanning factory and sell the urine. These people were referred to as "piss poor"...

Back in the 70s, for instance, it took you about two and a half hours to fly from New York City to Houston, Texas. Today it's about a 4 hour flight.  Why?  Airliners fly at a slower speed now to save fuel.  Now you know.

Back in the late 1800's, jeans were designed to be work pants.  Men would complain the pockets would rip when they stowed their tools in the pockets.  A new design was formulated with rivets on the top corners of the pockets, making them stronger and able to hold tools without ripping...