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Working for Figurative Peanuts and Literal Beer- the Fascinating Story of Jack the Signal”man” (2016x63)

Air date: Mar 31, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut How Did Jeans Become Popular? https://youtu.be/O1eUwpO76Pw?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k The Numerous Bodies Recently Found in Ben Franklin’s Basement https://youtu.be/tp61Yrj5lTA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: Jack came to prominence thanks to a tragic event in 1877 when his eventual owner, James Wide, lost both of his legs in a horrific accident. Prior to the accident, Wide had worked for Cape Government Railways as a guard. During his tenure as a railway guard, Wide developed a knack for jumping between and onto moving trains, which earned him the wholly unimaginative nickname, “Jumper”. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/06/working-peanuts-beer-fascinating-story-jack-signalman/ Sources: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pJOILgTrWDgC&pg=PA30&dq=jack+the+baboon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7h6IVZ2wHYH4UpD3geAN&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=jack%20the%20baboon&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mI5RAAIHw5IC&pg=PA29&dq=jack+the+baboon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7h6IVZ2wHYH4UpD3geAN&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=jack%20the%20baboon&f=false http://www.earthfoot.org/lit_zone/signalmn.htm https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19901111&id=S7FKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WJQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4727,2567222&hl=en http://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2012/august/jack-the-signalman.html http://www.2ndchance.info/mnky2man.htm