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I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You Didn’t Know It Either

Fascinating trivia facts the tunnels were supposed to link on Oct. 28, 1924. President Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know
compiled by Stanley Coolidge had planned a remote detonation as part of the day’s John Quincy Adams is the only president to have lost
Morgenbesser events to celebrate the completion of the tunnel, but celebratory both the popular vote and electoral vote and still become
Was An Animal Ever events were canceled due to the designer’s death, and it was president. Costco sells 60 million rotisserie chickens every
Elected To Office In The decided to name this amazing structure after him. year. Before mating, the female giraffe will first urinate in
United States? Which Musical Instrument Is Played Without Touching It? the male’s mouth. More people are bitten each year by New
On Sept. 14 of 1938, the The theremin is an electronic musical instrument. It was Yorkers than by sharks. For each human on earth, there are
people of Milton, Wash., invented in 1919 by a Russian physicist. Besides its unusual roughly 1.6 million ants (and 200 million combined insects for
elected Boston Curtis to be appearance, the theremin is also unique in that it is played each human). Human life expectancy has increased more in
their Republican precinct without being touched. The theremin consists of a box with the past 50 years than in the previous 200,000 years of human
committeeman during the two metal antennae which create an electromagnetic field. existence. Humans shed 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime,
primary election. He won by The musician stands in front of the instrument and moves completely replacing their outer skin every month. The top
51 votes. The problem was that Boston Curtis was a mule. his hands in the proximity of the two antennas. The electric five most outrageous locations for car insurance premiums
It turns out that Kenneth Simmons, the Democratic mayor signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a speaker are: 1) Michigan; 2) Louisiana; 3) Florida; 4) Oklahoma; 5)
of Milton, arranged the whole thing to both embarrass the system. The sound of the instrument is often associated with Washington D.C. Bubble Wrap was originally designed to be
Republican Party and to show that most people have no eerie situations. Thus, the theremin has been used in many used as wallpaper.
clue who they are voting for. A check of the election records movie soundtracks.
proved that everything was on the up-and-up. The mule
had signed the filing notice with his hoof print and Mayor
Simmons signed off as a witness.
Why Are They Called X-Rays? LET US HELP YOU
X-rays were discovered by accident, and Wilhelm Conrad
Roentgen, the physicist who discovered the rays, had no idea
why they were doing what they did. He was experimenting
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Which Movie Star Invented Wireless Transmission
Technology?
Movie siren Hedy Lamarr was not only beautiful but
brainy. She created a communication system in 1941 to guide
torpedoes without detection. Her design manipulated the radio
frequencies to operate at irregular intervals, so that classified
messages could be sent in an unbreakable code and could
not be intercepted by the enemy during World War II. Her
groundbreaking technology in wireless transmission led the
way for other inventions, including Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS.
Who Was The First Sitting President To Fly In A Plane?
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his time in office. Crossing the Atlantic by air, Roosevelt
flew in a Boeing 314 Flying Boat dubbed the Dixie Clipper
to a World War II strategy meeting with Winston Churchill
at Casablanca in North Africa.
Who Was The Youngest Soldier To Enlist In The U.S.
Army?
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When Did The Military Draft Begin? Ask For Jean or Joseph
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the battle-weary troops already there. By the war’s end,
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1.3 million had volunteered to fight.
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