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Fascinating trivia facts War and the Vietnam War combined. If the names of the Ford’s Theater on that historic night. After the assassination
compiled by Stanley Civil War dead were arranged like the names on the Vietnam they were married and had three children. However, Henry
Morgenbesser Memorial, it would stretch over 10 times the wall’s length. Two was never able to get over what happened at Ford’s Theater. He
Does Vladimir Putin Speak percent of the population died, the equivalent of six million felt guilty and believed he should have done more to prevent
English? men today. Rifles were by far the war’s deadliest weapons, but the tragedy from happening. On Christmas Eve in 1883, he
Only about three percent deadlier still was disease. Camps became breeding grounds murdered his wife Clara in an attempted murder-suicide. He
of Russians today are fluent for diseases such as mumps, chicken pox and measles, and survived his own stab wounds and lived for another 30 years
in English; President Putin over one million Union soldiers contracted malaria. at an asylum for the criminally insane. Mary Todd Lincoln,
is not among them. Putin Who Was Blamed For The Breakup Of The Beatles? who suffered from depression after the loss of three of her
generally refrains from John Lennon’s relationship with artist Yoko Ono led him sons and her husband, was institutionalized herself in 1875.
speaking English in public to bring her along to the studio, which annoyed the other What Was The First Western Fast-Food Restaurant In
settings due to his lack of band members. When Lennon began collaborating with China?
comfort with the language. Get him in a room with a German Ono on projects, the other band members saw this as a sign Kentucky Fried Chicken was the first Western fast-food
dignitary – Chancellor Angela Merkel, for example – and he of neglecting the band. When Lennon was told by the band chain to arrive in China, and made its debut in Beijing on
turns into a regular jabber-jaw. Putin speaks perfect German, members that they didn’t want her at all the Beatles gatherings, November 12, 1987. At 1,100 square feet, it was the biggest
having spent time in East Germany during his time in the Lennon responded that she wanted to be one of them, but it KFC outlet in the world at the time. Hundreds of people lined
KGB (he was there when the Berlin Wall came down). was obvious she wasn’t welcome. Rumors went around at the up outside of the restaurant, hungry for a taste of American-
Why Is The Disease Being Called Coronavirus Disease time that John Lennon’s wife, Yoko Ono, was the cause of the style fried chicken. The restaurant was a hit from day one,
2019, COVID-19? band’s breakup. with KFC selling over 2,200 buckets of chicken and raking
On Feb. 11, the World Health Organization announced an What Made The Loudest Noise In Recorded History? up $83,000 in just 24 hours. More than three decades later,
official name for the disease that is causing the 2019 novel The eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia on KFC is the largest restaurant chain in China with more than
coronavirus outbreak first identified in Wuhan, China. The new August 27th, 1883, is the loudest sound ever recorded in 5,000 restaurants in 1,100 cities.
name of this disease is coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated human history. The sound generated by the volcanic eruption What Was The First Color Film To Win An Academy
as COVID-19. In COVID-19 there are many types of human was so loud it ruptured eardrums of people 40 miles away, Award For Best Picture?
coronaviruses, including some that commonly cause mild sent sound waves around the world four times, and could be Gone with the Wind was the first color film to win an
upper-respiratory tract illnesses. COVID-19 is a new disease, heard 3,000 miles away. The devastation from the explosion, Academy Award for Best Picture. At the 12th Academy Awards
caused by a novel (or new) coronavirus that had not previously which packed power equivalent to 10,000 Hiroshima-sized in 1940, Gone with the Wind won a total of ten Academy
been seen in humans. The name of this disease was selected atomic bombs, made the Krakatoa eruption one of history’s Awards (eight competitive, two honorary) including Best
by the World Health Organization. deadliest natural disasters. Over 36,000 people were killed by Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director,
What Company Saved Apple From Going Bankrupt? the volcano and the tsunamis it triggered. Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction
Apple was nearing bankruptcy in 1997 when Bill Gates Which Fast-Food Chain Is Named After Its Founder? and Best Editing. It wasn’t until 1956 that all five Best Picture
and Microsoft came along on a white charger to save the day. The story of Taco Bell begins with its founder Glen Bell, nominees were color movies.
Microsoft invested $150 million in the company and allowed who, according to the Taco Bell website, started selling tacos How Many Members Are Active On Facebook?
Apple to use Microsoft Office without charge. It was also at in 1954 at a taco stand called “Taco Tia.” It wasn’t until 1962 There are more than two billion active members on
this time that Microsoft was facing possible charges by the that the name was changed to “Taco Bell” after Bell opened Facebook. The number of people actively participating in
Justice Department for violating the Sherman Act. This law a restaurant in Downey, Calif. The restaurant was franchised Facebook social media is higher than the populations of
prohibits the stifling of competition and establishment of a in 1964, and it only took three years to open 100 more. Three China and India combined. Christiano Ronaldo, a footballer
monopoly. Therefore, this helping hand probably benefited years later, Taco Bell went public with a whopping 325 with the Portuguese team Juventus, is the most popular
both companies. restaurants. person on the social media site with almost 14 million
In Which War Did More Men Die Than In Any Other What Happened To Abe Lincoln’s Guests At Ford’s followers. The most popular product on Facebook is Coca-
American Conflict? Theater? Cola with 15,863,959 fans at last count. Of the more than
Approximately 625,000 men died in the Civil War, more Major Rathbone and his fiancée, Clara Harris, were the two billion active Facebook users, nearly a billion and a
Americans than in World War I, World War II, the Korean couple who accepted an invitation to join the Lincolns at half log into Facebook every day.

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