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Trivia

“I Didn’t Know That...

Bet You Didn’t Know It Either.”

Fascinating trivia facts compiled by was the number one bestselling book on both Amazon and has 1.2 to 1.5 gallons of blood in their body. This obviously
Stanley Morgenbesser, who resides Barnes and Noble in 2018 — and considering it didn’t come can vary depending on several factors, including weight,
at the Banyans of Broken Sound. out until November 13th, that’s quite a feat. In her memoir, sex, and even diet. In comparison, the average eight-pound
Stan conducts the Broken Sound she talks candidly about her life, describing in honest detail newborn has just 0.07 gallons of blood. While you do
members’ “What’s Up Club,” which, how she got from her Chicago upbringing to the White contain a hefty amount of blood, blood loss is a real danger
remarkably, has met every week House. And people loved it: “Becoming” has been at the and can send the body into hemorrhagic shock easily.
without fail for the past more than top of Amazon’s bestseller list longer than any other book What is the most popular dog breed?
26 years---a total of more than 1,300 ever has. Labrador Retrievers are by far the most popular dog;
meetings---to discuss a wide range of Which president was buried without his brain? they have held the number one place since 1991, according
topics and to meet and hear interesting speakers. Stan took JFK’s brain had been removed during his autopsy to the American Kennel Club. Labs also shed, live up to 14
over as leader of the club when its founder, Sidney Hyman, and stored in the National Archives. Three years later, years, and can weigh between 55 to 80 pounds, making them
passed away in 2007 at the age of 100. the brain had vanished and people have been speculating very similar to Golden Retrievers. Labs have wonderful,
Which is the most expensive tourist destination in the what happened to it ever since. Many conspiracy theorists outgoing personalities and are very gentle and intelligent,
U.S.? claim the brain was stolen to cover up details about his often making them great service dogs.
A trip to the Big Apple will set you back the most out of assassination, or even to hide illnesses he was suffering What are the four hardest Universities to get into in
any tourist destination in the U.S., comparing the average from. He is the only president buried brainless. 2019?
costs for airfare, hotel, transportation and other expenses Which is the most visited state in the U.S.? 4) Yale University 3.) California Institute of Technology
in 30 U.S. tourist destinations, based on two adults staying California is the most visited state in the US, followed 2. Stanford University 1) Harvard University.
for three nights. A three-night stay in New York will set you by Florida, Nevada, and Texas, respectively. Drawing in Who was the most frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s
back about $2,070.36, followed by Maui at $1,924.04 and 250 million + visitors each year, the Golden State is quite The Tonight Show?
Asheville, North Carolina at $1,921.82. Of course, you can literally bringing in the gold: $120+ billion, annually. Often Bob Hope appeared on The Tonight Show Starring
spend far more than $2,000 in New York if you add some touted as one of the most beautiful and diverse states, Johnny Carson 131 times--more than any other guest in the
Broadway shows, go on a 5th Avenue shopping spree, take whether you’re coming for the weather, the beaches, the history of the show. Viewers of The Tonight Show might
a helicopter tour of the city and dine in Michelin three-star fame or the glory, California does not disappoint. have assumed that Bob Hope was one of Carson’s favorite
restaurants! At their closest point, how close are the U.S. and Russian guests. However, despite his numerous appearances, Bob
What were the two best-selling books in 2018? borders? Hope was allegedly Carson’s least favorite guest. Johnny
“Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” (Michael You can actually walk from the United States to Russia! admired Hope’s place in show business, but he was not a
Wolff) came in at #1 of the bestselling books for the first The island of Big Diomede is owned by Russia, while Little great admirer of his work. He never warmed to Hope, neither
half of the year, and sales didn’t slow much in the last six Diomede is owned by the U.S — and they are just 2.5 miles personally nor professionally.
months of 2018. The 336-page book gives a comprehensive apart. During the winter that small stretch of water freezes The U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion
overview of what happened in the White House during over and would allow one to actually walk from one country is referred to by what case name?
the first nine months Donald Trump was president. The to the other. So, yes, Sarah Palin could have seen Russia In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark
book, with its detailed descriptions of the behavior of from her island house... on a very clear day. If you count legal decision Roe v. Wade. The court case effectively
President Trump and his staff, quickly became a New York only the distance between mainland U.S. and Russia, then legalized abortion across the country by striking down a
Times #1 bestseller. Trump’s presidency is one of the more the distance grows to 55 miles. Texas statute banning the procedure. The Court held that a
controversial presidencies the U.S. has seen, and nothing How much blood is in the average adult human’s body? woman’s right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy
sells like conflict. Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” The average adult human weighing 150 to 180 pounds protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. Roe v. Wade
reshaped national politics, dividing much of the United
States into pro-life and pro-choice camps. Forty-six years
later, the decision is still controversial---perhaps more
than ever---with legislation and counter protests across the
country.
What is the longest cruise in the world?
The Viking’s World Cruise is the longest continuous
cruise available to travelers as of 2018. The 930-passenger
luxury ship is scheduled to set sail from London on August
31st. Its itinerary will take passengers to 113 ports in 59
countries, circumnavigating the globe and returning to
Big Ben in eight months’ time. In comparison, other world
cruises are often anywhere from 90 to 120 days, and are
broken up into several segments.
Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know: Eat is the only word
that, if you take the first letter and move it to the last, it spells
its past tense: ate, and listen and silent use the same letters.
Sixty percent of NBA players are broke within five years
of retiring from the game. More people live in New York
City than in 40 of the 50 states. The word Pennsylvania is
misspelled on the Liberty Bell. In 1872, Russia sold Alaska
to the United States for about two cents per acre. It would
take you more than 400 years to spend a night in all of Las
Vegas’s hotel rooms. Arizona and Hawaii are now the only
states that don’t observe daylight savings time. Boston
has the worst drivers out of the nation’s 200 largest cities;
Kansas City has the best drivers. The Empire State building
has its own zip code. At 45 letters, Massachusetts’s Lake
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
has the longest place name in the U.S. The entire Denver
International Airport is twice the size of Manhattan. The
number of bourbon barrels in Kentucky outnumbers the
state’s population by more than two million. Guinea pigs
are neither pigs nor from Guinea. Three hundred couples
get married each day in Las Vegas. For every person on
earth, there are roughly 170 million insects.

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