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Trivia

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Fascinating trivia facts compiled by dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to save the The artworks were turned over to an administration that
Stanley Morgenbesser, who resides thousands of American military lives that were projected was established for the descendants of the famous cubist.
at the Banyans of Broken Sound. would be lost in an invasion of Japan. What is the fastest-growing job predicted for the next
Stan conducts the Broken Sound Who created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune? decade?
members’ “What’s Up Club,” which, Merv Griffin is best remembered as the creator of The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the
remarkably, has met every week Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. He also hosted his own fastest-growing job between 2018 and 2028 will be solar
without fail for the past more than celebrated TV talk show for more than 20 years. In an photovoltaic installer. Demand for solar photovoltaic panels
26 years---a total of more than 1,300 interview, he said that his wife Julann came up with the idea and shingles continues to grow and costs are falling. Plenty
meetings---to discuss a wide range of of giving contestants answers and asking them to come up of workers will be needed to install those panels. Becoming
topics and to meet and hear interesting speakers. Stan took with the questions. He sold the idea to NBC without even a solar photovoltaic installer doesn’t require a great deal of
over as leader of the club when its founder, Sidney Hyman, creating a pilot episode. At the time of his death, he was education. It’s possible to take training courses at a technical
passed away in 2007 at the age of 100. one of the wealthiest people in the entertainment industry, school. Construction experience, experience as a journey
How much did a N.Y.C. subway ride initially cost? with a net worth of over $1 billion. electrician or an apprenticeship all can help.
When the first subway in New York City opened, it cost When did the worst train wreck accident happen in the Which sport uses the largest ball in professional play?
a nickel to ride, then went to a dime and, later, 15 cents. history of America? The basketball used in the National Basketball
Because the turnstiles couldn’t take two coins, this is when On November 1st, 1918, after a day of work, hundreds Association is 29.5 inches in circumference, which makes
brass tokens were used to pay the fare, and the tokens were of passengers were aboard the Brooklyn subway train in it the largest ball used in professional sports. Company
in service for half a century until 2003, when Metro Cards Lower Manhattan and expected an uneventful ride home. founder A.G. Spalding made the first dedicated basketball
were introduced. It took nearly 10 years for people to finish However, 28 minutes after leaving the station at Park Row, in the last years of the 19th century. Curious about the
using up their tokens, and the MTA ended up stuck with the train rounded a curve near the Flatbush station, struck smallest ball? That would be a squash ball, which is just a
60 million of them. Strangely, no one seems to know what an abutment and crashed. Almost 100 people died and 150 little smaller than a golf ball.
happened to all those tokens. passengers were injured, which was not only the worst Things I didn’t Know I didn’t Know. In Kentucky, it is
Who is the largest toy distributor in the world? subway accident but also the worst train wreck in the history illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket. An electric
McDonald’s distributes 1.5 billion toys annually, of America. eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.
making them the largest distributor of toys in the world. Robert Morris University was the first college in OMG was added to dictionaries in 2011, but its first known
Approximately 20% of all purchases at McDonald’s are America to offer scholarships in what subject? use was in 1917. The longest attack of hiccups ever lasted 68
Happy Meals, each of which comes with a toy. In the United Robert Morris University was the first college in years. The Lollipop was named after one of the most famous
States alone, nine out of ten kids between the ages of 3 and the United States to offer video gaming scholarships, Racehorses in the early 1900s, Lolly Pop. The first food
9 eat at McDonald’s at least once a month. With 68 million where students can earn up to $19,000 a year in gaming eaten in space by a U.S. astronaut was applesauce. The last
Happy Meals sold on a daily basis, if you do the math that’s scholarships. The school says it also wanted to give credit letter to be added to our alphabet was J. The harmonica is
a lot of toys. McDonald’s rolled out the first Happy Meal in to those with a competitive spirit who don’t necessarily want the world’s best-selling musical instrument. Eight presidents
1979. The biggest hit toy that came from the Happy Meal to play traditional sports such as basketball or football. have died while in office. The average first-time home buyer
was the Ty Beanie Baby. Which country has the highest percentage Internet is 32.5 years old. Shirley Temple was U.S. Ambassador to
Which is the flattest state? connected population? Ghana from 1974 to 1976. The top speed at the world’s first
By any measure, Florida takes the prize for the flattest Although it might seem that everyone has an internet real automobile race in 1895 was just 15 mph.
state in the nation because the highest point in the state is connection, the truth is that most countries in Europe and
only 345 feet above sea level. Illinois comes in second, North America only have around a 70-80% connection rate,
followed by North Dakota, Louisiana, Minnesota, and with many members of society not having any sort of access
Delaware. Kansas, despite its reputation for hill-less plains, to the web in their home. The highest connected population
is merely the seventh-flattest. is Greenland, where 92% of all of those living there having MEDICARE
When did President Truman learn about the Atomic an internet connection.
Bomb? Which artist had more paintings stolen than those of
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Truman began serving as president 82 days after the start any other artist ?
of Franklin Roosevelt’s fourth term when FDR suddenly
died, and the new president knew little about the plans artworks, lists more than 1,000 works by Picasso as either
to end the war. Just moments after Truman’s swearing-in stolen, disputed as to ownership, or lost. In 2015, 271
ceremony, Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, drew him works by Picasso were recovered from a garage owned by 10/15 - 12/7 FOR 2020 PLANS
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