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FACTS OF THE MONTH:
Julius Caesar named the month of July after himself. Previously it was called "Quintilis" because it was the fifth month in the Roman calendar (quint=five).
The cheetah is the only cat that can't retract its claws.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
The most money you can lose in one roll of the dice in Monopoly is $5,070.
Snails can sleep for three years without eating.
It takes four hours to hardboil an ostrich egg.
The Fahrenheit and Celsius thermometers coincide at forty below.
Of the eight presidents who have died in office, seven of them were elected in a year ending in zero. The eighth died in a year ending in zero.
James Madison's home was Montpelier (tall mountain). Thomas Jefferson's home was Monticello (little mountain).
A recent survey revealed that only 4% of women and 1% of men were still virgins on their wedding night.
| A WEEK OF LASTS:
Ron Evans was the last astronaut to fly in space alone. He was orbiting the moon in the Apollo 17 Command Module while Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt were exploring the moon's surface. Warren G. Harding was the last childless president. The last day in the Judeo-Christian calendar that officially existed in some countries but did not in others was February 29, 1900. On the Gregorian calendar adopted by the English-speaking countries in 1752, no such day exists. It does appear on the Julian Calendar, however, which Russia still used until the end of World War I. In the final AFL game, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Oakland Raiders 17-7 to take the league championship and advance to Super Bowl IV, where the Chiefs trounced the Vikings 23-7. The five highest rated last episodes of series
or miniseries, the only ones among the all-time top fifty shows, are: The last time there was only one man in space at any one time was 14 January 1969, when Vladimir Shatalov took off in Soyuz 4, one day before three others left in Soyuz 5. The two ships later docked. The final fifty Zip Code numbers (99950-99999) belong to Ketchikan, Alaska. |
Harvard University uses Yale brand locks. Yale University uses Best brand.
Unauthorized contact with extraterrestrial beings within the confines of the United States is prohibited by law and punishable by a maximum $5,000 fine and one year in prison.
WACO is the only radio station in the country whose call letters spell out its location.
Rodin's statue of "The Thinker" is actually a sculpture of the Italian poet Dante.
The west side of Istanbul is in Europe. The east side is in Asia.
The world's longest mountain range is on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
To help prevent gridlock in Manila, officers directing traffic were instructed to do so whilst performing the Macarena. It didn't help.
Lightning strikes the earth around 200 times a second.
If you were "one in a million" they'd be nearly 2000 of you in China.
Fourteen Vice Presidents went on to become President, nine of them via the death or resignation of his superior. Of the five remaining, Nixon was the only one who wasn't VP at the time of the election.
The way to tell which cave feature is a stalagmite and which is a stalactite: "stalagmite" contains a 'g' and comes out of the Ground; "stalactite" contains a 'c' and drops from the Ceiling.
The turkey is the least intelligent domesticated animal.
The average pet mouse runs 2½ miles on its treadmill every night.
South Africa has eleven official languages.
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