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Fascinating trivia facts Is Bottled Water Better For You Than Tap Water? a worldwide audience of 90 million people. Barbara
compiled by Stanley Bottled water is no safer or purer than tap water, Walters’ interview with Monica Lewinsky came in
Morgenbesser although it is substantially more expensive. A recent study second with 74 million viewers, while The Richard Nixon
Who Holds The Record by Glasgow University in the U.K. found that bottled interview by David Frost came in a distant third with 45
For Giving Birth To The water is actually more likely to be contaminated than million views.
Most Children? water from your faucet because it is less well-regulated. What Is The Top Suicide Location In The World?
A Russian woman who Bottled water and tap water typically come from the same In August 1937, three months after the Golden Gate
lived between 1707 and sources – natural springs and lakes. While public water Bridge opened, H.B. Wobber became the first of more
1782 holds the highest supplies are tested for contaminants every day, makers than 1,500 people to commit suicide by jumping from
official record after giving of bottled water are only required to test for specific that span. That’s an average of one person more often
birth to 69 children. She contaminants every week, month, or year. than every three weeks. There are 11 crisis counseling
had 27 pregnancies, which Which Is The Only Best Picture Oscar Winner That telephones on the bridge that connect to trained suicide
included 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four Had No Female Speaking Roles? prevention counselors, and plans to build a net under the
sets of quadruplets. Only two of them died in infancy. Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British epic historical span as a suicide deterrent are being considered.
Who Holds The Record For Being The Oldest Woman drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. Despite What Happened To The Man Who Assassinated
To Give Birth? running nearly four hours long, Lawrence of Arabia has Robert Kennedy?
India’s Daljinder Kaur was believed to be in her no female characters with speaking roles. The film was Sirhan Sirhan, who killed Senator Robert Kennedy,
early 70s when she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy nominated for ten Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards. admitted that he was the one who shot Kennedy and five
on April 19, 2016. Kaur and her 79-year-old husband, It won seven, including Best Picture. In the years since, others at the Ambassador Hotel. He was sentenced to
Mohinder, spent decades trying to have a baby – and it has been recognized as one of the greatest and most the gas chamber on April 23, 1969, but the sentence was
finally succeeded after saving up enough money for influential films in the history of cinema. commuted to life imprisonment several years later. He
fertility treatments. What Is The Reason Jeans Have Rivets? is currently imprisoned in San Diego at the Richard J.
Which Billionaire Installed A Pay Phone In His Home It wasn’t just for style that Levi’s jeans have had copper Donovan Correctional Facility.
For His Guests To Use? rivets on the pockets since the beginning. Copper rivets
In 1966, J. Paul Getty was named the richest man in placed on the pockets made the seams more durable and
the world. Despite his vast wealth, he is remembered for prevented tearing, which was important to the miners who Why Don’t Public
two odd things: placing a pay phone in his home, and originally wore them. In the 1930s, the pockets were sewn
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telephones, limiting their use to his staff. A coin-box returned to view in 1947. A small fifth pocket was added
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