Bridge Rejects
The cause of this state's 1967 Silver Bridge collapse, which killed 49 and injured 16, was attributed to poor maintenance and overloading. But we all know it was the Mothman.
West Virginia
Variants of this song, alternately entitled "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down," date to as early as 1913.
The Titanic
Started in this southern city in 1972, Popeye's now has over 2,000 restaurants worldwide, including locations in Korea, Turkey, Sri Lanka, and the Phillipines
New Orleans
Both of these rhino species are, despite their names, gray in color
Black rhino; White rhino
This American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter known for playing distinctive lead roles, particularly romantic, tough, and comedic characters, was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991.
Patrick Swayze
The deadliest bridge collapse in history occurred on March 29, 1809, when this general's forces attacked the Portuguese city of Porto. Desperate civilians trying to flee overloaded and collapsed the Ponte das Barcas, killing more than 4,000.
Napoleon
"New York Mining Disaster 1941," by this Australian band, recounts the story of 2 miners trapped in a cave-in, hopelessly waiting to be rescued.
The Bee Gees
The French Connection
A group of rhinos is appropriately called this, presumably for what they might do to your car while on safari
A crash
This American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister was the creator, showrunner, and host of a elevision series which ran from 1968 to 2001.
Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers)
The Kinzua Bridge, an historic steel rail viaduct in Kinzua Park, PA, was completely demolished by one of these natural disasters in 2003
Tornado
The other great train wreck song takes its name from the heroic engineer (who may or may not have been high on cocaine) who died at the controls trying to stop the train, allowing his fireman to jump to safety. It's been covered by Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Furry Lewis, and adapted by The Grateful Dead.
The Ballad of Casey Jones
This R&B superstar is the owner of a free-Popeyes-for-life card after the chain heard she was a fan of their chicken. In 2003, however, she told Oprah she was too embarrassed to use it.
Beyonce
Zoologists once classified rhinos as part of this group, with a Latin name meaning "thick skin," which includes tapirs, horses, elephants, hippos, pigs, peccaries, and hyraxes.
Pachyderms
The last good evangelical Christian, he believed that he was "an instrument of God," with a "sacred obligation" to strike the "death blow" to American slavery. The hero we didn't deserve, but definitely needed.
John Brown
The Conemaugh Viaduct, upriver from this Pennsylvania town, was a stone bridge that was washed away in extreme flooding and declared a total loss in 1889.
Johnstown, PA
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, memorialized in the songs "High Water Everywhere" by Delta bluesman Charley Patton and "Louisiana 1927" by Randy Newman, killed 500, displaced 200,000, and contributed to this movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North.
The Great Migration
The original "Love that chicken from Popeyes" jingle, which the company debuted in the 1980s, was performed by this New Orleans "Night Tripper"
Dr. John
Rhinos in Africa have a symbiotic relationship with a bird called the oxpecker, which eats these arachnids and other insects and creates a commotion when it senses danger
Ticks
General William Tecumseh Sherman graduated from West Point in 1840 and in 1859 became superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy, now known by this name.
Louisiana State University
The Loma Prieta earthquake in this year destroyed two separate bridges in Oakland, CA
1989
In 1903, the Fast Mail train jumped the trestle near Danville, VA, killing the engineer and 10 others on board. This song about the event first appeared in 1924 and has been covered by Johnny Cash), Woody Guthrie, John Mellencamp, and numerous others and inspired the name of an alt-country band from Dallas, TX.
The Wreck of the Old 97
In 1990, Copeland Enterprises (owner of Popeye's) was in default on $391 million in debts it had taken on in its 1989 purchase of this rival fried chicken restaurant chain. A bankruptcy deal led to the creation of America's Favorite Chicken Company, Inc. (AFC) to serve as the new parent company for the two brands.
Church's
The gestation period for rhinos is a disturbing 15-16 months; the only animal with a longer gestation period is this mammal, which carries its young for up to 2 years
Elephant
In 1920, Adolph Levitt, an enterprising refugee from czarist Russia, invented the first automated machine for making these in order to keep up with demand from hungry theater crowds at his New York bakery.
Doughnuts