Borax may also be used as an insecticide to kill roaches, ants, and fleas. In fact, it is also toxic to people. Signs of chronic toxic exposure include red and peeling skin, seizures, and kidney failure. The estimated lethal dose (ingested) for adults is 15-20 grams; less than 5 grams can kill a child or pet.
On August 12, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt called Hugo Black into his office, and, after a few minutes of small talk, removed a Supreme Court nomination form from his desk and handed the paper to Black. Thus Hugo Black was nominated as a United States Supreme Court Justice. Black, born in a farmhouse in Alabama, received the appointment after eleven years of Senate Service, in which he proved himself to be an enthusiastic New Dealer. In the New Deal spirit, he tempered justice with mercy to benefit the common man.
Other successful dark horse candidates for the United States presidency include: 1  Franklin Pierce, chosen as the Democratic nominee and later elected the fourteenth president in 1852. 2  Abraham Lincoln, chosen as the Republican nominee and elected as the sixteenth president in 1860. Barack Obama, elected the forty-fourth president in 2008; Obama had just come to prominence in 2004 with his speech at the Democratic Party convention. 2  He was first elected as a senator for the state of Illinois.