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Trivia

“I Didn’t Know That...

Bet You Didn’t Know It Either.”

Fascinating trivia facts compiled by How much is the world’s most expensive plane ticket? How many cows are there on Earth?
Stanley Morgenbesser, who resides $38,000. That’s how much you’ll pay Etihad Airways to That is a lot of bulldung. With approximately 1.5 billion
at the Banyans of Broken Sound. bring you from Mumbai to New York City via Abu Dhabi. cows on the planet, these animals are actually one of the
Stan conducts the Broken Sound While this will only fly you in one direction, at least you’ll largest contributors to global warming –– thanks to the
members’ “What’s Up Club,” which, get to do it in a luxurious suite that includes a bedroom, methane in their flatulence. The largest concentration of
remarkably, has met every week shower room, and lounge for two guests on the world’s cattle is in Brazil, followed by India and China; more than
without fail for the past more than largest passenger plane. The living room boasts a 32-inch 100 countries have over one million cattle in total. The U.S.
26 years---a total of more than 1,300 flat-screen TV and a reclining leather sofa. The ticket price is in fourth place with about 89 million cows, which is still
meetings---to discuss a wide range of includes a private butler and chauffeur service to and from only about six percent of the world’s total!
topics and to meet and hear interesting speakers. Stan took the airport.
over as leader of the club when its founder, Sidney Hyman, Who was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey,
passed away in 2007 at the age of 100. Which is, or was, the longest running TV show of all a pack of cigarettes, a Zippo lighter and 10 dimes?
time? In 1998, the legendary singer, actor and show-business
What is the largest lottery jackpot won in the U.S. to date? The longest-running show of all time was Guiding icon Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at the age of 82.
The mother of all U.S. jackpots was a whopping $1.6 Light. This soap opera was on the air for an incredible 57 The “My Way” singer was buried his way, with a bottle
billion! The January 13th, 2016, Powerball jackpot was years. The show actually began on the radio, however. If of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, a pack of Camel cigarettes, a
split between three winners from Tennessee, Florida and those years are counted, the show ran for 72 years before Zippo lighter, and a dollar’s worth of dimes. The dimes
California. The winners waited six months to claim their ending in 2009 due to low ratings. Attempting to catch up were reportedly in case he needed to use a pay phone. His
winnings. The second most massive Powerball jackpot is on Guiding Light would be a full-time job! The time slot daughter Tina Sinatra said carrying the dimes dated back
also the largest to see a single winner, at $758.7 million. This was then given to the revival of Let’s Make a Deal. to the 1963 kidnapping of her brother, when her father
staggering winning ticket was sold in Massachusetts and was forced to communicate with the ransom-demanding
was hit on August 23rd, 2017. Not surprisingly, the winner What is the second-most popular book of all time after kidnappers via various payphones throughout the city. “He
of the jackpot kindly informed her boss that she wouldn’t The Bible? never wanted to get caught not able to make a phone call.”
be returning after the win. Gone with the Wind is more popular among Americans He always carried 10 dimes.
than both the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series,
If you had invested $1,000 in Microsoft when it went along with such other classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know: The U.S. retail
public, approximately how much would it be worth Catcher in the Rye, and The Great Gatsby. To date, the industry makes $6.8 billion a year from gift cards that
today? book has sold more than 30 million copies and, interestingly no one redeems. The U.S. college with the most students
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul enough, crosses party lines; it is the most popular book is the University of Central Florida with enrollment of
Allen, two friends from high school. Bill Gates is now the among both Republicans and Democrats. 66,183 students. Japan has the highest life expectancy in the
second-richest person in the world, worth an estimated $99 world: 83.7 years. Potato is the most-consumed vegetable
billion, thanks to the success of his software company. And In which state is it illegal to have sex before marriage? in America. Bacteria causes the holes in Swiss Cheese.
while his wealth is an extreme example, if you had bet on In the State of Virginia, having sex before marriage is The average person has about five dreams per night, or
Microsoft in its early days, your gamble would have paid considered a crime and is a punishable offense. A bill to 1,825 dreams per year. The first airline flight attendants in
off, too. A $1,000 investment in Microsoft on the day of its decriminalize pre-marital fornication is stuck in politics. the U.S. were all nurses. On average, more than 100,000
initial public offering, or IPO, on March 13th, 1986, would HB914 would repeal the state statute that classifies it as a people a day get speeding tickets in the United States.
be worth more than $1.6 million today. That includes price misdemeanor for “any unmarried person to voluntarily have Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. Atheism
appreciation and dividends. sexual intercourse with any other person.” Those convicted is punished with the death penalty in 13 countries. Snickers
face a $250 fine but no jail time. is the world’s best-selling candy bar. About 165,000 cars
Which is the most visited destination in the Caribbean? are produced every day.
The most-visited destination by far in the Caribbean is Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
the Dominican Republic. Home to Punta Cana and Puerto Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, while
Plata, over 6.2 million people visited the island in 2017, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
taking advantage of its many beaches and recreational Together, the two helped construct pivotal aspects of ? ? ? ? ? ?
activities. This is almost double the next most-visited American history. Bellamy was the son of a Baptist minister
destination, Cuba, which saw 3.9 million visitors in the same and worked as an editor of the Youth’s Companion magazine
time frame. Close behind are Puerto Rico and Jamaica, two in 1891. Despite his religious upbringing, the phrase “under
tiny islands with stunning beaches and affordable amenities. God” was not included in his original pledge. That part was
added in 1954, when Congress voted to have it inserted.
Who are the wealthiest athletes of all time?
Michael Jordan ($1.85 billion); Tiger Woods ($1.7
billion); Arnold Palmer ($1.4 billion); Jack Nicklaus ($1.2
billion).
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