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FACTS OF THE MONTH:
The Metrodome, home of the Minnesota Vikings, is the loudest of the 30 NFL stadiums. Its 128 decibels is as loud as a 747 at takeoff.
The last letter added to the English alphabet was 'J'.
The Encyclopædia Brittanica is not British: it's owned by the University of Chicago.
Henry Armstrong is the only boxer to be the champion of three weight classes at the same time.
A St. Louis law stated that no female wearing a nightgown could be rescued by a firefighter...she must always be fully dressed.
The average American male spends over four months of his life shaving.
George Burns and Jessica Tandy were the oldest people ever to receive an Academy Award—-both were 80.
The most popular leisure activity in the U.S. is exercise, followed by the movies.
The cougar, the puma and the mountain lion are all the same animal, they just go by different names in different parts of the world.
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GRIFFIN GAME SHOW WEEK:
When Merv Griffin's first successful game-show creation Jeopardy was originally cancelled in January of 1975, it was replaced on the NBC daytime lineup by a new creation of Griffin's, Wheel of Fortune. Before appearing on Wheel of Fortune Vanna White was once a contestant on The Price Is Right, but never made it out of Contestant's Row. Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford were the original host and letter-turner on Wheel of Fortune when it debuted in 1975. Pat Sajak replaced Woolery in late 1981. Vanna White took over for Stafford almost a year later. If all three Daily Doubles are in the top row of the Jeopardy board, are the last selections made on the board, and everything is wagered every time, including Final Jeopardy, the most a player can win in one day is $283,200. If the contestant does it on their fifth day as a contestant, they also get a car, which could take the total over $300,000. Vanna White has accumulated over 300 miles of walking back and forth along the puzzleboard. On the second episode of Alex Trebek's Jeopardy, all three contestants
wagered everything in Final Jeopardy and lost, so the next show began with
three new players. Vanna White is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most prolific clapper, averaging 720 times per show. |
53.4% of New Yorkers take public transportation to work; 10.5% of L.A. commuters do.
The average kangaroo lives only 4 to 6 years.
Pia Zadora's first movie role was as an alien child in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
Hawaii has the lowest maximum speed limit in the U.S.
There are 1,957 Americans 105 years old or older.
The English word with the most number of consecutive consonants is latchstring.
The first person to die of radiation poisoning was Madame Curie, the discoverer of radium.
The king cobra is deadlier than it looks. One gram of its venom is potent enough to kill 200 people.
Ducks will lay eggs only in the early morning.
Composer Irving Caesar wrote the lyrics to the song "Tea for Two" in eight minutes.
The base of the Great Pyramid covers an area equal to more than ten soccer fields combined.
In cooking, six drops make a dash.
The gestation period for an elephant is around 20 months.
The average American consumes twice the recommended amount of sugar per day.
The Blair Witch Project is the first major motion picture ever to have been ENTIRELY filmed by the movie's actors.
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