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| England has the only stamps in the world that do not bear the name of the country of origin. Michigan was the first state to plow its roads. Jelly Belly Jelly beans were the first jelly beans in outer space when they went up with astronauts on the June 21, 1983 voyage of the space shuttle, Challenger. There were no squirrels on Nantucket Island, Mass until 1989. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Jamie Farr, who played Klinger on M*A*S*H, was the only member of the cast who actually served in the Korean War. The Southernmost city in the United States is Na'alehu, Hawaii. The plant life in the oceans make up about 85% of all the greenery on the earth. Lincoln Logs were invented by the son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It takes 18 minutes to cool the hot chocolate into a Hershey's Kiss. Montpelier, Vermont is the smallest state capital in the USA. kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator, Jim Henson. The phrase "A-red-letter-day" dates bqack to 1704 when holy days were marked in red on the calendar. Herbert Hoover was the first president to have a telephone if his office. One ounce of gold can be stretched out 43 miles. There are 375 organizations around the world devoted to Sherlock Holmes. The largest is in Japan with more than 1200 members. The typical American will spend an average of 2 years reading the newspaper. There are 132 rooms in the White House. Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary, My Dear Watson." Donald Duck lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota. The headline in the 1912 LONDON TIMES read: "Titanic Sunk -- No Lives Lost". The height of the 984-foot-tall Eiffel Tower varies, depending on the temperature, as much as six inches. Of the 250-plus known species of shark in the world, only about 18 are known to be dangerous to man. Steel Wool scouring pads were originally developed by a pot and pan salesman who dipped steel wool into soap to scour pots as part of his sales pitch. The pads became more popular than the pans and the S.O.S company was launched. Comedian Andy Kaufman, a nonsmoker, died of lung cancer. In the 1950's Lassie the TV pooch earned $5,000 per week. Jayne Mansfield once sold bottles of her used bath water for $10 apiece. There are three million stutterers in the USA and a similar proportion in every other part of the world. A ballet enthusiast is called a "balletomane". A "Jiffy" is an actual unit of time. It is 1/100 of a second. The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame is in Hayward, Wisconsin. Pocahontas and her husband, John Rolfe, had one son named Thomas who was born and educated in England, but settled in Virginia. Chase & Sanborn was the first coffee sold in sealed tin cans in the US in 1879. There are at least four places in the USA with the word "Chicken" in their name: Chicken, Alaska; Chicken Bristle, Illinois and Kentucky; and Chickentown, Pennsylvania. Director, Alfred Hitchcock had a bizarre fear of eggs. In New Zealand, the Presidential highway links the towns of Gore and Clinton. One out of every three British males between the ages of 17 and 35 was killed in WW I. More turkeys are raised in California than any other state. In the Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting of the Last Supper; a salt shaker near Judas Iscariot is tipped over. A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows. The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. The Union ironclad, Monitor, was the first U.S. ship tohave a flush toilet. One bite by a king cobra can kill an elephant. Only tom turkeys gobble. Hens cluck. The Caesar Salad was named for its creator, Caesar Cardini, who first prepared it in Caesar's Plaace Restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico. The Campbell Soup Company uses more than 44 billion stars in it's Chicken & Stars soup, in a year. Playing cards in India are round. The first toy product ever advertised on TV was Mr. Potato Head. Shirley Temple's life was insured by Lloyds of London. The contract stipulated that no benefits would be paid if she met with death while intoxicated. She was 7-years-old at the time. |
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