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      I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You Didn’t Know It Either



      Fascinating trivia facts                          to the padlocks, and when President Clinton toured the facility   swarmed grocery stores and hoarded all the toilet paper
      compiled by Stanley                               in the 1990s, he was denied access. Rumor has it there’s only   they could get their hands on. The empty shelves seemed
      Morgenbesser                                      been one non-Presley to cross the threshold into the King’s   to support the claim that there really was a shortage. In the
      What Does “O’Clock”                               domain: actor Nicolas Cage. Cage married Elvis’s daughter,   aftermath, Johnny Carson received the blame for propagating
      Stand For?                                        Lisa Marie, and, as the story goes, got a personal tour of the   the shortage myth and issued an apology on his talk show.
         The term “o’clock” is a                        bedroom as his wedding present.                    What Is Stored In A Camel’s Hump?
      contraction that has become                       Why Was Steve Jobs Fired From Apple?                  Contrary to popular belief, camels’ humps are not filled
      more famous and used than                            In 1985, Steve Jobs was fired from Apple, the company   with water. Instead, these odd protrusions are mounds of
      its original form, which was                      he helped to create. There was a disagreement between Jobs   fat which allow camels to travel days through the desert
      “of the clock.” The practice                      and Apple’s then-CEO, John Sculley. Jobs wanted to drop   without stopping for a bite to eat. The camel will use the
      of saying “o’clock” is simply                     the price of the Macintosh and focus more of the advertising   fat as nourishment when food is scarce. A camel can carry
      a remnant of simpler times,                       on it, instead of the Apple II. At the time, Mac sales were not   up to 80 pounds of fat on its back. When a camel consumes
      when clocks weren’t very prevalent. So to distinguish the fact   doing well, but Sculley blamed it on the software, not the   the emergency food supply, the hump will become limp and
      that one was referencing a clock’s time, rather than something   price. Apple’s Board of Directors sided with Sculley and Jobs   droop down. Refueling and a good night’s sleep will return
      like a sundial, as early as the Fourteenth Century one would   was let go from the company. Even though he was forced out   the hump to its normal upright position.
      say something like, “It is five of the clock,” which later got   of his own company, he took it as a blessing in disguise and   Who Is The Oldest Winner Of An Acting Oscar?
      slurred down to “five o’clock.”                   in 1997 rejoined the firm as the CEO. He later said that the      Christopher Plummer’s acting career has spanned seven
      Was President Clinton Denied Access To Elvis Presley’s   feeling was very liberating, and was the most creative period   decades. He is known for portraying Captain Georg von Trapp
      Bedroom?                                          of his life.                                       in The Sound of Music, and has portrayed numerous historical
         The heavily guarded room where Elvis spent his final   A 1973 Joke Told By Johnny Carson Was Blamed For A   figures throughout his career. Plummer won the Academy
      hours remains in the exact condition it was in the night he   Nationwide Run On What Product?        Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for Beginners
      died. Clothes remain in the drawers, sheets on the bed, and      In 1973, Johnny Carson helped spark a run on toilet paper   (2010), becoming the oldest person to ever win an Oscar in a
      nothing touched. It’s the Holy Grail for any Elvis fan, but   when he joked about a shortage. With an audience of roughly   competitive category. He also received a nomination at the age
      almost no one has ever walked through the plush double   20 million viewers, Carson’s mention activated a national   of 88 for All the Money in the World, making him the oldest
      doors. Only Elvis’s family and the estate manager have keys   panic. Absolute madness ensued. Millions of Americans   person to be nominated in an acting category.




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