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‘I Saw The Light’ is one of the most popular gospel songs of all time. It might surprise you to learn who wrote it.

Posted on December 22, 2022

Hank Williams, Sr

“I Saw The Light” is one of the most popular gospel songs ever written, but relatively few among us know who wrote it.

Turns out is was none other than Country Music legend Hank Williams, Sr.

Yes, that Hank Williams.

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Video: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Posted on December 18, 2022

Mel Blanc

Are you old enough to have grown up watching the old Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky the Pig, Daffy Duck, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzalez, Yosemite Sam and the dozens of other cartoon characters that graced the Warner Brothers screens?

If so, you surely noticed how distinctive all those characters’ voices were.

Well here’s something you might not know about those voices…  [Read more…]

Video: Watch master guitarist Tommy Emmanuel play an amazing Beatles medley

Posted on December 14, 2022

Master guitarist Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel is probably the best guitar player that most folks have never heard of.

He started playing guitar in his native Australia as a youngster after hearing the late, great Chet Atkins work his instrumental magic over the radio, and he has never looked back since.

What sets Tommy apart from the world’s other great musicians are his obviously deep love of performing and his almost unique ability to make a single acoustic guitar sound like an entire band.  [Read more…]

Video: Watch Danny MacAskill descend the treacherous Dubh Slabs on the Isle of Skye

Posted on December 8, 2022

Danny MacAskill

To call Danny MacAskill a master cyclist would be like calling the peak of Mount Everest a hilltop.

The exploits of this amazing daredevil are legendary world-wide thanks to the tremendous reach of YouTube, and I’ve featured several of Danny’s heart-stopping videos here on My Daily Smile.

Today’s video lets you virtually ride along with Danny as he descends the iconic Dubh Slabs on Scotland’s Isle of Sky.  [Read more…]

Why the Space Shuttle astronauts switched from orange spacesuits to white ones after they got into space

Posted on November 29, 2022

Remember watching the Space Shuttle astronauts walk out of the hangar and towards the shuttle as they were preparing to climb aboard?

If so, you probably noticed how they always entered the shuttle wearing orange spacesuits.

But then you probably noticed something interesting when they went on their space walks: they always wore white space suits instead of the orange ones they were wearing when they first boarded the shuttle.

Have you ever wondered why they didn’t just wear the same spacesuits all the time instead of always switching to the white ones before they exited the spacecraft for a space walk?

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