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o Presidential daughter, Maureen Reagan appeared in the1964 Elvis film Kissin’ Cousins. o Saliva has no flavor. o Pregnant dolphins gestate for a year. o First Lady Pat Nixon was a bit player in 1930s Hollywood movies. o Shortest place name in the United States: Y, Alaska. o In a year, an average elevator travels the equivalent of nearly halfway around the equator. o Kobe Bryant’s parents named him after a steak they saw on a menu. o Historical accounts say that Julius Caesar was a great swimmer. o Hot dogs originated in China. o In 1905 the average movie ticket cost 5 cents. The theatres were called nickelodeans. o First female police chief in America: Dolly Spencer of Milford, Ohio, in 1914. o A zugswag is when you have to make a bad move in chess. o First super heroine to have her own comic book was Wonder Woman. o “Fatigue is the best pillow.” - Benjamin Franklin. o A 3-cubic-foot container filled with water would weigh about a ton. o Monaco’s orchestra has more members than its army. o Henry Kissinger was a substitute weatherman on CBS This Morning in 1991. o The average female opossum has 13 nipples. o In 1986 the city of Hamilton, Ohio, changed its name to Hamilton!, Ohio. o Kanakaloka is the Hawaiian word for Santa Claus. o Edward VII of England is the “king” in chicken a la king. o A neuroblast is what a newly formed nerve cell is called. o It takes a combine harvester 9 seconds to harvest enough wheat to make 70 loaves of bread. st o 1 -ever televised sporting event: a Japanese elementary school baseball game, sired in Sept, 1931. o The Star Spangled Banner became the U.S. national anthem in 1931. o Before 1859, baseball umpires didn’t crouch behind the catcher - they sat in rocking chairs. o Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth more than $2 million. o Over half-a-million Americans were conceived by artificial insemination. o Only 1% of teenage girls don’t use deodorant. o Every day, more than 20,000m000 Americans read their horoscope. o Toto’s real name was Terry. o The average American male receives six Christmas presents. o The Province of Quebec is twice the size of the state of Texas. o Michael Collins was the Apollo 11 astronaut who didn’t walk on the Moon. o Most widely used herd in the world: Parsley. o The 21 smallest U.S. states, combined, are still smaller than Alaska. o Don’t let the movies fool you: An Old West stagecoach traveled at an average speed of 4 m.p.h. o The world record for pogo stick jumping is 41 hours. o Bob Hope’s autobiography is titled Confessions of a Hooker. (It was about golf.) o Sandra Bullock, Bill Cosby and Bruce Willis were all bartenders. o When told that General Grant drank too much whiskey, President Lincoln reportedly replied, “Find out the name of the brand so I can give it to my other generals.” o Bestselling American vehicle of all time: the Ford F-series pickup truck. o Loch Ness Monster tourism adds $40 million a year to Scotland’s economy. o The North Atlantic gets one inch wider every year.