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trivia
I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You Didn’t Know It Either
Fascinating trivia facts compiled by Stanley Morgenbesser.
Who paid the postage until children. Firstborn children made up the second largest group forming a strong friendship. She called him “Albertle”
the mid-19th Century? among the 44 commanders-in-chief. Firstborn children may when they were young. As adults, they reconnected when
Recipients, not senders, often be natural leaders, but only 14 United States presidents Albert moved to Berlin for work; he was married at the time.
had to pay for postage on were the oldest in their respective families. Seven presidents Elsa was living there with her two daughters. She had been
the letters they received. were the youngest in their birth order. There has yet to be a recently divorced from her first husband. Albert would visit
As a result, people tended president who was an only child. often. The two began a romantic relationship. And the rest,
to refuse many letters in How far away is our sun? as they say, is history.
order to escape paying for We all know that the sun is the star around which all the Whom did ESPN name the greatest athlete of the 20th
them, which caused the post planets in our solar system revolve. You might think that Century?
office to spend an inordinate the Earth is relatively close, given that it just takes just 365 ESPN named Michael Jordan the greatest athlete of the
amount of time returning mail days to make one orbit, but you’d be wrong. The Earth is 20th Century. Considered one of the best basketball players
to senders. Postage stamps – a whopping 93 million miles from its star, a distance so far ever, Jordan dominated the sport from the mid-1980s to
which were prepaid – were introduced in America in 1847 that it takes light over eight minutes to reach Earth. It would the late 1990s. He led the Chicago Bulls to six National
and eliminated this problem. take a driver traveling at 65 mph an astonishing 163 years Basketball Association championships and earned the NBA’s
When it comes to sibling birth order, where were most to drive to the sun. Most Valuable Player Award five times. With five regular-
U.S. presidents born? Who was Albert Einstein’s second wife? season MVPs and three All-Star MVPs, he became the most
Throughout history, the majority of our commanders-in- Einstein’s second wife, Elsa, was his first cousin on his decorated player in the NBA. Legendary slugger Babe Ruth
chief have been middle children. Abraham Lincoln, JFK and mother’s side. Cousins marrying each other wasn’t frowned came in second on ESPN’s list, while boxer Muhammad Ali
Donald Trump were all middle children. In fact, just over half upon at that time. Their fathers were cousins and their mothers locked down the third spot.
– exactly 23 – of United States presidents have been middle were sisters. They both spent their childhoods together,
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