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Trivia

“I Didn’t Know That...

Bet You Didn’t Know It Either.”

Fascinating trivia facts compiled to the pants so that the rivets were covered because of she saw. After her father died and left her his land, she
by Stanley Morgenbesser, who complaints that they scratched furniture. But they were purchased more acreage and then talked railroad builder
resides at the Banyans of Broken returned to view in 1947. A small fifth pocket was added Henry Flagler into extending tracks southward. In 1896,
Sound. Stan conducts the Broken as a handy carrying case for a pocket watch. the city she had founded was incorporated. By the 1920s,
Sound members’ “What’s Up Club,” it was a bustling metropolis. In 2010, a 10-foot tall statue
which, remarkably, has met every What has been the most watched interview in television of Julia Tuttle, the “Mother of Miami,” was erected in
week without fail for the past more history? Bayfront Park.
than 26 years---a total of more than On February 10th, 1993, Oprah sat down with Michael
1,300 meetings---to discuss a wide Jackson for what would be the most watched interview Which sea creature is carried to term and given birth
range of topics and to meet and hear interesting speakers. in television history. The unprecedented live event drew by its father?
Stan took over as leader of the club when its founder, a worldwide audience of 90 million people. Barbara Unlike other species, it is the male seahorse that gets
Sidney Hyman, passed away in 2007 at the age of 100. Walters’s interview with Monica Lewinsky came in pregnant and gives birth to the young. The male seahorse
second with 74 million viewers, while The Richard Nixon is equipped with a pouch on its stomach in which to carry
Who holds the record for giving birth to the most interview by David Frost came in a distant third with 45 babies. When mating, the female seahorse deposits up
children? million views to 2,000 eggs in the male’s pouch. The male carries the
A Russian woman who lived between 1707 and 1782 eggs for 10 to 25 days until the seahorses emerge fully
holds the highest official record after giving birth to 69 What is the top suicide location in the world? developed, but very small. Once the baby seahorses are
children. She had 27 pregnancies, which included 16 sets In August 1937, three months after the Golden Gate released into the water, the male’s role is done and he
of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. Bridge opened, H.B. Wobber became the first of more than offers no further care, often mating again within hours or
Only two of them died in infancy. 1,500 people to commit suicide by jumping from that span. days during the breeding season.
That’s an average of one person more often than every
Who holds the record for being the oldest woman to three weeks. There are 11 crisis counseling telephones Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know. The first American
give birth? on the bridge that connect to trained suicide prevention film to show a toilet being flushed on screen was Alfred
India’s Daljinder Kaur was believed to be in her early counselors, and plans to build a net under the span as a Hitchcock’s Psycho. The largest snowflake ever recorded
‘70s when she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on April suicide deterrent are being considered. reportedly measured 15 inches across. Samsung means
19th, 2016. Kaur and her 79-year-old husband, Mohinder, “three stars” in Korean. Four percent of babies are born
spent decades trying to have a baby—and finally succeeded What happened to the man who assassinated Robert on their calculated due date. When Mt. Everest was first
after saving up enough money for fertility treatments. Kennedy? measured it was exactly 29,000 feet; it was reported as
Sirhan Sirhan, who killed Senator Robert Kennedy, 29,002 because exactly 29,000 was not believable. Your
Which billionaire installed a pay phone in his home admitted that he was the one who shot Kennedy and five head ages faster than your feet. The average mattress
for his guests to use? others at the Ambassador Hotel. He was sentenced to the contains two million house dust mites. In France, Germany,
In 1966, J. Paul Getty was named the richest man in the gas chamber on April 23rd, 1969, but the sentence was Austria, Spain and the Netherlands, they serve beer in
world. Despite his vast wealth, he is remembered for two commuted to life imprisonment several years later. He McDonald’s. Bill Gates’s children will inherit only $10
odd things: placing a pay phone in his home, and refusing is currently imprisoned in San Diego at the Richard J. million each from his $87 billion net worth. Atheism is
to pay his grandson’s $17 million kidnapping ransom. Donovan Correctional Facility. punished by the death penalty in 13 countries. If humans
Getty placed dial-locks on all the regular telephones, killed each other at the same rate that we killed animals,
limiting their use to his staff. A coin-box telephone was Which is the only major U.S. city founded by a woman? we would be extinct in 17 days. Without your pinky finger
installed at his mansion for guests to use, so that he In 1874, Julia Tuttle, who hailed from Cleveland, your hand would lose 50% of its strength. Giraffes spend
would not be billed for their calls. As for his grandson’s headed to Florida to visit her father, who lived in the area. 70% of their day eating. Human thigh bones are stronger
kidnapping, Getty ended up paying the $2.2 million Despite the mosquito-infested swamps, she liked what than concrete.
portion of the ransom that was tax deductible, and loaned
the remaining $800,000 of the ransom to his son (at 4%
interest) to pay the kidnappers.
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no female speaking roles?
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