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Trivia

I Didn’t Know That ...

Bet You Didn’t Know It Either

Fascinating trivia facts compiled by Stanley Morgenbesser
How Much Salary Did re-election. They were both 8 at the time. They started while America lost about 5,600 between 1904 and 1913
Steven Spielberg Receive dating in 1966, when they were both college freshmen, because of accidents and devastating diseases such as
For Directing The Movie and became engaged a year later. The couple are still malaria and yellow fever.
Schindler’s List? married, have three children and live in Pennsylvania.
Spielberg was not Who Received The First Speeding Ticket In The United
comfortable with taking Where Did Vincent Van Gogh Produce His Most States?
a salary or any royalties Famous Paintings? That singular honor goes to a man named Jacob
from the film. He did not After the ear incident came hospitalization, and, German, a taxi driver in New York. The date was May
want the film to be done as following that, Van Gogh voluntarily went into a mental 20, 1899, and German was zipping down the road at a
a way to earn money, and institution. The more than 100 paintings he produced shocking 12 mph in Manhattan along Lexington Street
so refused pay and refused during this period include some of his most celebrated when he was stopped by a police officer patrolling on his
to profit personally from works, including The Starry Night, which was acquired bicycle. German was arrested and tossed in the clinker at
the film. Instead, he funneled the profits into forming a by New York City’s Museum of Modern Art in 1941, and the station house on East 22nd Street for exceeding the
charity called the Shoah Foundation, which was and still Irises, which was purchased by an Australian industrialist speed limit by 4 mph.
is based at USC. The Shoah Foundation’s purpose is to in 1987 for a then-record sum of $53.9 million.
record testimony from Holocaust survivors. Which Country Has More Lakes Than The Rest Of
Was Celebrating Christmas Ever Considered Illegal? The World Combined?
How Long Was The Wright Brothers’ First Flight? By the time the Puritans settled Boston, celebrating Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world
In 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first successful Christmas was outlawed. From 1659 to 1681, anyone combined; 60 percent of the world’s lakes are in Canada.
flight in history of a self-propelled airplane 20 feet above caught making merry would face a fine for celebrating At last count, there are two million, with 563 of them
a beach near Kitty Hawk, N.C. The inaugural flight lasted the once-pagan day. And after the Revolutionary War, the larger than 100 square kilometers. The Great Lakes,
12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Three more flights were new Congress found the day so unimportant that they even straddling the Canada-U.S. boundary, contain 18 percent
made that day, with Orville’s brother Wilbur piloting the held the first session on Dec. 25, 1789. Christmas wasn’t of the world’s fresh lake water.
longest one, which lasted 59 seconds over a distance of proclaimed a federal holiday for nearly another century.
852 feet. Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know
Which President Banned Christmas Trees In The Eskimos keep their food in refrigerators to keep it from
Who Did TIME Magazine Select As “Person Of The White House? freezing. In France, it is legal to marry a dead person.
Year” For 2019? President Theodore Roosevelt, an avid outdoorsman In Kentucky, it’s illegal to paint your lawn red. More
Sixteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist and environmentalist, banned Christmas trees from the beachgoers are killed by falling coconuts than shark
Greta Thunberg was named TIME’s Person of the Year. White House during his presidency. The president feared attacks each year. A group of ferrets is called a “business.”
Thunberg gained international attention for excoriating that real Christmas trees would lead to deforestation. The Statue of Liberty was originally meant for Egypt.
world leaders for their inaction in the climate crisis in a Roosevelt refused to display a Christmas tree in the White Scrunched is the longest single-syllable word in English.
viral speech she made at the United Nations. Thunberg is House, fearing that to do so would be sending the wrong The state of Florida is larger than England. Before the
the magazine’s youngest choice ever to be named Person message to the public. Roosevelt’s action was intended invention of the eraser, people used bread. The jellyfish
of the Year. The other four final candidates for person of to inspire Americans to just say no to Christmas trees. is comprised of 93 percent water. Flowers grow faster if
the year were Nancy Pelosi, President Donald Trump, you play them music. A Boeing 747 carries 57,285 gallons
the whistleblower who revealed Trump’s dealings with How Many Workers Died While Constructing The of fuel. The Apollo 11 lander landed on the moon with
Ukraine, and the Hong Kong protesters. Panama Canal? only 20 seconds of fuel left. Two-thirds of all U.S. $100
More than 25,000 workers died during the canal’s bills are held outside the United States. Over 93 million
When And Why Did The New York Times Start construction. Workers on the construction of the canal selfies are taken every day. 94 percent of all Americans
Publishing Crossword Puzzles? had to deal with the difficult tropical weather, tropical now have cell phones. 75 percent of Americans use their
The New York Times wasn’t complimentary early in diseases and terrain that was challenging. The French, mobile phones on the toilet. More vehicles are stolen on
the days of crossword puzzles when it said it was not a in their earlier attempt, had lost around 20,000 workers, New Year’s Day than any other holiday.
game or sport and was a sinful waste of time to look for
letters to words that fit into a pattern. By the following
year, nine dailies in Manhattan and 14 additional large
newspapers were offering crosswords. The New York
Times, ever stubborn, declared crosswords dead in 1929 CAMPBELL AND KARLIK, P.A.
and held out for many years before including them in
the newspaper. In 1942 following the bombing of Pearl ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Harbor, The Times decided that publishing crossword
puzzles was a good idea to occupy people’s minds and
give them something to do if a blackout occurred.
Wills • Trusts • Estate Planning • Probate
Which U.S. Presidents Have Descendants Who Are
Married To Each Other? Taxation • Real Estate • Corporations
Julie Nixon is married to David Eisenhower. Julie
Nixon was the daughter of Richard M. Nixon, who was
running for president at the time of the wedding. Her
groom was the grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Julie
and David met at the Republican National Convention
in 1956 while his grandfather was campaigning for

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