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FACTS OF THE MONTH:
"December" comes from the Latin decem (ten). Back in the days of the Roman Empire the first month of the year was March. That made December the tenth month.
The state with the longest coastline is Michigan.
One of the world's largest cities is officially called "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula." However, most of us just call it "L.A."
Arkansas is the only state that begins with an 'A' but doesn't end with an 'a'.
In the 17th century, King Charles II of England asked his personal physician to devise something that would protect His Highness from syphilis. The result: well, here's a hint: that physician was the Earl of Condom.
Albert Einstein's brain was 25% smaller than the average human adult's.
Woodrow Wilson was the only President to hold a Ph.D.
"Gone with the Wind" is the only Civil War epic ever filmed without a single battle scene.
A 'jiffy' is an actual measurement of time. One hundred jiffies make one second.
The 1957 Milwaukee Braves were baseball's first relocated team to win the World Series.
Tennessee borders more states than any other states (eight: Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia).
"Chicago" is a Native American word for "place of wild garlic".
A study at the University of Michigan suggests that the further along you got with your education, the greater the possibility of catching a cold.
It's bad luck to reloop a belt if missed the first time.
Bees must collect nectar from nearly two million flowers just to make a one-pound honeycomb.
Actor/director Albert Brooks changed his name for showbiz. His real name is Albert Einstein.
If a park statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has only one leg in the air, the person died from wounds sustained in battle. If all four legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a Korean word meaning "the capital."
The average person takes seven minutes to fall asleep.
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& GAMES WEEK: Lincoln Logs were invented by architect Frank Lloyd Wright's son. According to the U.S. Patent Office, roller coasters are officially designated "scenic railways." When the creators of the G.I. Joe action figure tried to copyright it, they were told that the human body couldn't be copyrighted. That's when they added the scar to his right cheek. A Rubik's Cube has 1,929,770,126,028,800--nearly two quadrillion--color combinations. In less than forty years of existence, the number of Barbie dolls made outnumbers the population of the U.S. The left thumbnail on G.I. Joe is on the wrong side of the thumb. Six standard 2x4 lego blocks can be put together in over 102 million different ways. |
Actor Tommy Lee Jones and Vice President Al Gore were roommates in their freshman year at Harvard.
"King Kong" is the only movie whose sequel ("Son of Kong") was released the same year (1933).
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
The goldfish is the only animal that can see both infrared and ultraviolet.
A standard American car horn, a dialtone, and the sound made by a fly flapping its wings all have the same tone: middle F.
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