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Trivia

“I Didn’t Know That...

Bet You Didn’t Know It Either.”

Fascinating trivia facts compiled by in London. He came up with the idea for “Mayday” because he told audiences exactly what he thought about it. During a
Stanley Morgenbesser, who resides it sounded like the French word maider, which means “help gig at Caesars Palace, he told the crowd, “I hate this song—
at the Banyans of Broken Sound. me.” A mayday call is not something to be taken lightly. In you sing it for eight years, you would hate it, too.” But the
Stan conducts the Broken Sound the United States, it’s illegal to make a fake distress call. fans wanted “My Way,” so he gave it to them without fail.
members’ “What’s Up Club,” which, Doing so can land you in jail for up to six years and subject
remarkably, has met every week you to a $250,000 fine! Which celebrity is banned from playing Blackjack at the
without fail for the past more than Hard Rock Hotel & Casino?
26 years---a total of more than 1,300 Which President with the nick name Uncle Jumbo was In 2014, Ben Affleck made headlines for getting banned
meetings---to discuss a wide range of the only individual to serve two non-consecutive terms for life from the Blackjack tables at the Hard Rock Hotel &
topics and to meet and hear interesting speakers. Stan took as U.S. President? Casino in Las Vegas. Affleck was in Sin City when security
over as leader of the club when its founder, Sidney Hyman, The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms approached him on suspicion of counting cards. Card
passed away in 2007 at the age of 100. tipped the scales at over 250 pounds, so it’s no wonder that counting — a method of using probability to predict the next
he earned the nickname Uncle Jumbo. Stephen Grover hand — is not technically illegal, but many casinos forbid it.
Which frugal billionaire eats almost every breakfast at Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United The Hollywood high-roller was told he was “too good” at the
McDonald’s? States, and therefore the only individual to be counted twice game, and that he was no longer welcome to play blackjack.
Warren Buffett eats the same thing for breakfast every in the numbering of the presidents. According to the N.Y. Post, he had hit it big at the very same
day—and it never costs him more than $3.17. Investing casino a year earlier, raking in a total of nearly $1 million in
legend Warren Buffett is worth an estimated $87 billion, Why did Alfred Nobel establish the Nobel prize? two trips.
but you’d never know it by his lifestyle. The 87-year-old An obituary was published in France in 1888 noting the
billionaire still lives in the five-bedroom home in Omaha, death of inventor Alfred Nobel, but it was Nobel’s brother, Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know. A Blue Whale’s
Nebraska, that he bought in 1958 for $31,500. And he never Ludwig, who had passed away. The obituary was insulting, heart is the size of a VW Beetle and large enough that you
spends more than $3.17 on breakfast. On his five-minute drive saying that Nobel made himself wealthy by inventing ways could swim through its arteries. The Luna moth does not
to the office, Buffett stops by McDonald’s and always orders to kill people faster. Because he was concerned about how have a mouth and cannot eat; it will live only for about one
one of three items: two sausage patties ($2.61), a sausage, people would remember him, Nobel came up with the idea week, with the singular purpose of mating. President Nixon
egg and cheese ($2.95), or a bacon, egg and cheese ($3.17). of the Nobel Prize, which was funded by proceedings of a had a speech ready in the event the astronauts were stranded
trust from his estate. on the moon. Seven hundred streets in the United States are
Which breed of dog does the U.S. Secret Service named after Martin Luther King Jr., with one such street
exclusively use? Why did Frank Sinatra hate the song “My Way?” in almost every major city. Dubai holds over 60 Guinness
For years, the U.S. Secret Service has exclusively used “My Way” is Frank Sinatra’s most iconic song. It became World Records, including the world’s tallest building and the
the Belgian Malinois on its canine force. This elite breed his trademark song and audiences wouldn’t let him end a world’s longest bar. There are 328 people named Abcde in
of dog is known for being agile and effective at detecting show without singing about how he’d lived his life without the U.S. The top three nations of origin for victims of human
explosives. They can often be seen patrolling just outside the regrets. The song became a part of music history, and soon trafficking in 2018 were the United States, Mexico and the
White House gates, sniffing their way through the throngs everyone was singing it, not just Sinatra. “My Way” has been Philippines. The U.S. has the world’s highest rate of children
of visitors, protesters and joggers passing by. They can run covered by everyone from Sid Vicious to the Three Tenors. living in single-parent households. There are 100,000 miles of
25 miles per hour and have a bite that applies hundreds of In 2005, it was played at more British funerals than any other blood vessels in an adult human body. Barry Manilow didn’t
pounds of pressure per square inch. A Belgian Malinois dog pop song. The funny thing about all of this is that Sinatra write his popular song called “I Write the Songs.” Hillary
named “Cairo” accompanied Navy SEALs on the raid that absolutely hated “My Way.” And whenever he performed live, Clinton hasn’t driven a car since 1996.
killed Osama bin Laden.

Who created the first TV Dinner?
In 1953, the TV-dinner company Swanson overestimated
the demand for turkey by over 260 tons. The owners of the
company had no idea what to do with all the leftovers, so
they enlisted the help of company salesman Gerry Thomas.
Taking inspiration from airplane meals, Thomas ordered
5,000 aluminum trays and loaded them with the turkey
leftovers to create the first TV dinner.

Which item was invented by a secretary and later sold
for $47 million dollars?
Bette Nesmith Graham made a living as a secretary. The
problem was that she wasn’t a good typist and kept making
mistakes. So she began experimenting with ways to cover
up errors. She mixed ingredients such as white tempera
water-based paint in her kitchen blender and painted over
her mistakes with a thin paintbrush. She began marketing
her typewriter correction fluid as “Mistake Out.” The name
was later changed to Liquid Paper. In 1979, she sold Liquid
Paper to the Gillette Corporation for $47 million.

Why was opening day at Disneyland a near disaster?
Disneyland was originally planned as a small park
but the idea grew, and 160 acres were purchased to build
the attraction. Those 160 acres also included a secluded
apartment for Disney to watch what was going on during
construction. However, on opening day too many people
showed up, some of the rides broke down, a gas leak shut
down Fantasyland, and some people even tried to get in by
using counterfeit tickets. Despite the problems, Disneyland
was a huge success and more than 500,000 visitors had visited
the park after about one month.

Where is the most popular spot in the world to take a
selfie?
The Eiffel Tower was named the most popular spot in the
world to take a selfie. The French landmark structure sees the
most selfies posted on Instagram. Coming in at second was
Disney World in Florida, followed by Dubai’s Burj Khalifa,
the world’s tallest building. London’s Big Ben and New
York’s Empire State Building rounded out the top five most
popular locations.

Who came up with the word “Mayday?”
Mayday got its start as an international distress call in
1923. It was made official in 1948. It was the idea of Frederick
Mockford, who was a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport