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FACTS OF THE MONTH:
Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on the island for 28 years, 2 months and 19 days.
In Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First" routine, the right fielder isn't named.
Sixties pop group the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight") performed one of the informational songs on Schoolhouse Rock ("A Victim of Gravity").
Paul Winchell, ventriloquist & voice of Tigger, co-created the artificial heart.
In the Disney movie Cinderella, the wicked stepsisters were named Anastasia and Drizella.
Barry Goldwater's 1964 election slogan was 'AuH2O' (the scientific designations for 'gold' and 'water').
Jimmy Stewart reached the rank of Brigadier General in the Army Reserve.
The next palindromic date (reads the same forwards & backwards) is January 10, 2011 (1-10-2011). The last one using this date format was September 29, 1929 (9-29-1929).
The postage rate to send a piece of mail via the Pony Express was $8 per ounce.
The Denver Broncos are the only former AFL team still playing in their original stadium.
Frankenstein was the name of the physiology student (not a doctor) who created the monster. The monster's name was Adam.
The asterisks in the TV series title "M*A*S*H" were added for the 1970 movie. The original novel was simply called MASH.
Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
'Old' Zealand is the largest of Denmark's islands, on which its capital of Copenhagen is located.
Hanukkah can be spelled 17 different ways: Channuka, Channukah, Chanuka, Chanukah, Chanuko, Hannuka, Hannukah, Hanuka, Hanukah, Hanukkah, Kanukkah, Khannuka, Khannukah, Khanuka, Khanukah, Khanukkah, and Chanuccah.
Australia became a country on 1 January 1901, the first day of the 20th century.
The last U.S. Senator to become President was Kennedy (1960). The last member of the House of Representatives to become President was James Garfield (1880). Coincidentally, both were assassinated while in office.
There are no roads leading to Juneau, Alaska. The only access is by plane, boat, and maybe sleddog.
It costs eight-tenths of a penny to make a penny.
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KINGDOM WEEK:
Neither mountain goats or yaks are goats: yaks are actually oxen, while mountain goats are antelopes. Mayflies live only six hours, but their eggs take three years to hatch. The sitatunga antelope of Africa can sleep underwater. The constellation Camelopardalis was named by the Greeks after the camelopard. That's the name they came up with for the animal because it had the head of a camel and the spots of a leopard. Today we call it a giraffe. A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is lifted off the ground. It needs the tail to push off. The bat is the only mammal that can fly. A good milking cow can give over 5000 quarts of milk per year. |
According to federal regulations, in a beer commercial you can do anything you want with the glass/bottle of beer, except drink it.
Because of the speed of the moon's motion around the earth, a solar eclipse can last no longer than 7 minutes, 58 seconds.
Not only do women live longer than men, they also have higher IQs.
George Armstrong Custer (as in "Last Stand") is the youngest American ever to reach the rank of general. He did so at age 23.
Grasshoppers have five eyes.
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