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I Didn’t Know That ...

Bet You Didn’t Know It Either

Fascinating trivia facts main purpose is to signal staff members, and she places it on Who Had The Highest IQ Ever Recorded?
compiled by Stanley the floor as a call for someone to rescue her from a boring At age 5, William James Sidis had learned Greek, Latin,
Morgenbesser conversation. At dinnertime, when she places her bag on the French, Hebrew, Russian, German, and English. Having
Who Wakes Up The Queen table, she’s ready for the meal to be over. enrolled in Harvard at the tender age of 11 – after being turned
Of England? Who Was The First Woman To Ride In The Kentucky down at age 6 – Sidis had a reported IQ between 250 and
The queen doesn’t use a Derby? 300. He was fluent in more than 40 languages by the time he
traditional alarm clock or a It took 95 years for a female jockey to land a spot on the graduated college; he later moved to Texas, where he worked
wake-up call the way hotels Derby lineup, but Diane Crump was right for the job. With as a teacher and made a small attempt at a career in politics.
do in order to rise in the over 230 victories in her career, Crump is widely regarded as Where Did Ping-Pong Originate?
morning. She has a Scottish a pioneer in the world of horse racing. She was just 20 years The English started table tennis. In the 1880s, Ping-Pong
bagpipe player who toots a old when, in 1970, she became the first woman to ride in the was developed as an indoor game that could be played
tune from 7 to 9 a.m. every Kentucky Derby. Sadly, she came in 15th in a 17-horse race. during the winter. By 1901, the game had gained a lot of
morning. The queen is never seen without a handbag, but it Since then, just five other women have raced and no woman popularity and tournaments began popping up. The Ping-
isn’t just an empty gesture, and she does carry a few things has ever won the Derby. Pong Association was formed, and renamed to The Table
like lipstick and a small mirror. However, the handbag’s Who Was The Fastest Horse In Kentucky Derby History? Tennis Association, in 1922. The name Ping-Pong is actually
That would be Secretariat, a horse so cool they made a trademark of the Parker Brothers company, makers of many
a Disney movie about him. Secretariat finished the 1973 other popular games.
Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5 time, the fastest any horse has What Does P.S. Stand For At The End Of Correspondence?
ever run the 1.25-mile-long course. Secretariat went on to win

Postscript is the term abbreviated as P.S. In Latin,
Wanted the Triple Crown and Horse of the Year in 1973. Secretariat postscriptum means written after. Since postscripts are placed
earned his owners, Christopher and Penny Chenery, over $1.3
at the end of correspondence, it makes sense that “written
million in his lifetime. Sadly, he was euthanized in 1989 after after” is the definition behind the term. More than one P.S.
People are vandalizing golf contracting a painful, debilitating disease in his hooves.
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