Kregg Spafford - State Farm Agent

08/15/2023

01/06/2023

An American soldier and former prisoner of war, held in Japan during World War II, spotted a brutal Japanese official from the POW camp while shopping at Sears in Los Angeles in 1946. That official, Tomoya Kawakita, a dual Japanese/United States citizen, was arrested and was subsequently the last person convicted of treason in the US to date.

01/05/2023

HIstory Fun fact!

The state of Idaho got its name after a mining lobbyist named George M. Willing proposed the name to Congress, claiming “E Dah Hoe” was Shoshone phrase meaning “Gem of the Mountains.” The truth, that Milling had just made the word up, which was only discovered after the name was in common use.

01/04/2023

History Fun fact!

The largest art heist in history occurred on March 18th, 1990 at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. A total of 13 paintings worth $500M were stolen by two men posing as police officers. Paintings by masters including Degas, Vermeer, Rembrandt and Manet were among those taken. To this day the empty frames are still hanging, acting as placeholders until the pieces are returned.

01/03/2023

History Fun Fact!

Undercover SIster!


In 1913, Milunka Savić joined the Serbian army in her brother’s place, cutting her hair and donning men’s clothes. Her identity was only discovered after she was wounded in combat, but she had proven such a competent soldier, officers were hesitant to punish her. After attempting to send her to a nursing division, Savić insisted she would serve her country only in combat. The military relented, and she went on to fight in three wars and earn seven medals, including the Croix de Guerre and the British medal of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael. She may in fact be the most-decorated female combatant not only in Serbia, but in the entire history of warfare.

01/02/2023

In 1980, the first one gigabyte hard drive cost $40,000 and weighed over 500 pounds. Today, a 1 GB drive costs under $3 and weighs less than an ounce.

12/30/2022

History Fun Fact Hour!

A Group Of Female Soviet Pilots Called The Night Witches Terrorized The N***s During World War II

As World War II escalated, women in the Soviet Union felt frustrated at being stuck on the sidelines. Many of them petitioned Colonel Marina Raskova, a pilot known as the “Soviet Amelia Earhart,” for help.

Raskova convinced Joseph Stalin to let her form all-female flying units. He agreed, and the 588th Night Bomber Regiment was born.

But soon, they were known by another name — the Night Witches.

Because the 588th Night Bomber Regiment was given outdated equipment and planes, they were difficult for the Germans to detect. They flew stealthily over their targets and launched surprise attacks.

As a result, some German soldiers were afraid to even light a cigarette — lest the Night Witches descend.

12/29/2022

History Fun Fact Hour!

Random History Facts: Bill Nye’s Mother Was A Whip-Smart Codebreaker Who Helped The U.S. Win World War II

Bill Nye The Science Guy delighted American children across the country with his zany yet informative televised experiments. But few know that Nye inherited his smarts from his mother, Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye — a World War II codebreaker.

Jenkins-Nye worked alongside other codebreakers in secret. Together, they helped crack the code that led to the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind behind the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

“Her influence on me,” Bill Nye said, following his mother’s passing, “was infinite, immeasurable.”

12/28/2022

History Fun Fact Hour!

In 1954, Ernest Hemingway Survived Two Plane Crashes — In Two Days
In 1954, author Ernest Hemingway escaped death — twice — in a manner befitting his fiction. That January, Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary Welsh embarked on a sightseeing tour in Uganda.

But the trip quickly turned to disaster when their plane crashed. Hemingway, Welsh, and their pilot had to spend the night in the jungle. They then boarded a rescue plane — which also crashed and caught on fire.

Like a hero in one of his novels, Hemingway headbutted the plane door open. He and Welsh managed to escape, although their luggage burned.

In the aftermath, The New York Times described Hemingway as grinning and “carrying a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin.”

12/27/2022

History Fun Fact Hour!

Alexander Fleming Invented Penicillin By Accident After He Forgot To Clean A Petri Dish
When Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming left for vacation in 1928, he neglected to tidy up his lab. Upon his return, he noticed something intriguing in one of his Petri dishes — mold.

This mold, Fleming deduced, had prevented bacteria from growing. He decided that that must mean that the mold contained antibacterial properties.

Fleming was right — and he used his accidental discovery to invent none other than penicillin.

12/26/2022

History Fun Fact Hour!

A Group Of Men Added A Woman To A Mayoral Ballot As A Joke In 1887 — And She Became America’s First Female Mayor

In 1887, a Kansas woman named Susanna Salter became active in the local temperance movement. This irked some men in the town of Argonia, so they decided they’d teach her a lesson.

To humiliate Salter, they added her name to the mayoral ballot. But to the shock of everyone — Salter included — she won.

Decades before American women won the right to vote, Salter served as the country’s first-ever female mayor.

12/23/2022

History Fun Fact Hour!

Weird History Facts: A Months-Long Dancing Plague Overtook An Entire City In 1518

In the summer of 1518, a bizarre illness struck the city of Strasbourg, then a part of the Holy Roman Empire. People impacted by the disease didn’t cough or sneeze, however. Instead, they danced — and couldn’t stop. This may sound like some random facts about history that can’t possibly be true, but it most certainly is.

The so-called “dancing plague” lasted for weeks. At its peak, as many as 400 people danced until their feet bled. Some dropped dead from heart attacks, strokes, and exhaustion.

And to this day, historians aren’t sure what caused the strange outbreak. Some speculate that mold could have triggered it. Others think that medieval mass hysteria may be to blame. But no one is sure why it started or if it could ever come back.