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trivia

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

Fascinating trivia facts compiled by Stanley Morgenbesser

Which Was The First Which Song Has Made The Most In Royalties? followed closely by Sept. 19. Of the top 10 most common
Pizza Chain In The United Happy Birthday to You is the top earner, with an estimated birthdays, nine of them happen to be in September, with
States? $50 million in royalties. The happy birthday song was all of them falling between Sept. 9 and 20. The data was
Pizza Hut is older than originally composed in 1893 as Good Morning to All by Patty collected by looking at the average number of births per
Domino’s by two years, and Smith Hill, a kindergarten teacher. Happy Birthday to You is day from 1994 to 2014. For Sept. 9, that came out to
was officially the first chain the most recognized song in the English language, followed 12,301 births.
pizza restaurant in America. by For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow. Today, the famous happy
Two brothers borrowed $600 birthday song is finally in the public domain, meaning you Which Fast-Food Chain Was The First To Sell Its
from their mom to open a can sing it anywhere, at home or in front of a crowd, to your Billionth Burger?
pizza place in Wichita, Kan. heart’s content, without technically having to pay a royalty. White Castle holds the title of being the first fast-
They named it Pizza Hut, food restaurant in the world. The restaurant was the
because their sign only had Which Broadway Musical Holds The Record For Most start of what has become a multi-billion dollar fast-food
room for eight letters. Six months later they opened a second Tony Nominations? industry. The chain was able to make 18 burgers per each
outlet, and within a year they had six Pizza Hut restaurants. Hamilton, the hip-hop Broadway musical about the life pound of beef and sold them for a nickel each. Although
There are now more than 16,000 restaurants in more than and death of Alexander Hamilton made Broadway history McDonald’s makes much publicity of its “billions of
100 countries. when it was nominated for a record-setting 16 Tony Awards. burgers sold,” White Castle was the first fast-food chain
The show was nominated in every category, including two to sell over a billion burgers.
Why Was Fort Lee, New Jersey, Named After A Traitor? categories that had Hamilton actors competing against each
Charles Henry Lee served as a general of the Continental other. At the 2016 Tony Awards, Hamilton ultimately won Who Is The Highest Paid Female Athlete?
Army during the American Revolutionary War. Though he 11 awards, including Best Musical. Hamilton has also won At just 22 years of age, 2018 U.S. Open champion
had far more military experience, Lee was passed over for a Grammy Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Naomi Osaka is the highest-paid female athlete of all
commander-in-chief in favor of George Washington. In an time. Osaka earned $37.4 million over the past 12 months
attempt to soothe Lee’s ego, George Washington had Fort How Many American Presidents Died On Independence from prize money and endorsements, surpassing Serena
Lee named after him in 1776. Soon after, Lee was captured Day? Williams ($36 million), who had topped the list for each
by the British at a tavern in New Jersey. While in British James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams all of the past four years. Osaka’s earnings also set an all-
custody Lee committed treason, advising William Howe on passed away on July 4th. In fact, Jefferson and Adams time single-year record, overtaking Maria Sharapova’s
the best way to capture Philadelphia. Lee was released in a passed away within a few hours of each other in 1826, on record of $29.7 million set in 2015. It marks the 10th
prisoner swap in 1778, but was later court-martialed by the the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of consecutive year that a tennis player has held the top spot
Americans for the offense. Independence! America’s fifth president, James Monroe, in the female highest-earning ranks.
passed away on the same date five years later ... all remarkable
Who Introduced The Word “Hello” As The Customary coincidences of history. Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know. Sixty percent
Way To Answer A Telephone Call? of NBA players are broke within five years of retiring
The use of the word “Hello” as a telephone greeting has Who Is The Only U.S. President To Have Earned An from the game. Germany has officially abolished college
been credited to Thomas Edison. Alexander Graham Bell, MBA? tuition fees, even for international students. Arthur
who invented the telephone in 1885, never liked “Hello” Though you might not think of George W. Bush as a Guinness, founder of Guinness Brewery, had 21 children
and advocated the use of “Ahoy” as a telephonic greeting. brainiac, he is actually the only president in the history of the with just one wife. Every year, life expectancy increases
However, “Hello” quickly became the standard when the United States to have his Master’s in business administration by three months. For every person on earth, there are
first telephone exchanges, equipped by Edison, were set up degree. He first received a bachelor’s degree in history roughly 170 million insects. Most people are happiest
across the country. from Yale University in 1968, and continued his education at 7:26 p.m. on Saturday night. In Oklahoma, it’s illegal
at Harvard Business School, where he earned a Master of to take a bite out of another person’s hamburger. The
Who Inspired The Name “Uncle Sam”? Business Administration degree in 1975. three most addictive foods in the world are (3) chips, (2)
During the War of 1812, a meat packer named Samuel chocolate and (1) pizza. Smoking near Apple computers
Wilson was in charge of supplying beef to U.S. troops. He was What Is The Most Common Birthday In The United voids the warranty. The average person falls asleep in
affectionately known as Uncle Sam, and when his products States? seven minutes.
arrived in containers marked with “U.S.,” troops joked that If you were born on Sept. 9, you are far from alone.
they were from Uncle Sam. The nickname was noticed by Sept. 9 is the most common birthday in the United States,
a local paper, and “Uncle Sam” quickly became associated
with government business.

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