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o The castle of Bavaria’s King Ludwig II was the model for Cinderella’s castle at Disney World. o Twenty-eight U.S. states and 4 Canadian provinces have names with native origins. o When the Civil War started, Robert E. Lee owned no slaves, but Ulysses S. Grant did. o Women in Switzerland didn’t get to vote until 1971. th o Japan’s Emperor Akihito is 125 in an unbroken line that goes back to the first century B.C. o Polish King Augustus the Strong had more than 300 children, but only had one legitimate son. o King Alfonso XIII of Spain was so tone deaf, he couldn’t recognize Spain’s national anthem. o The Finnish capital of Helsinki was founded in 1550 by a Swedish king. o Peter the Great died after rescuing people from a foundering ship. o France’s Bourbons captured the Spanish throne. It’s now the only Bourbon monarchy left. o From 1918 to 1944, Norway’s Christian X was also the King of Iceland. o The famous lover Giovanni Casanova ended his life working as a librarian. o Part of Ottawa was declared Dutch territory when a princess was born there during World War II. th o Thomas Jefferson & John Adams died on the Declaration of Independence’s 50 anniversary. o Canada’s 1880 Indian Act defined “person” as “an individual other than Indian.” o Frankenstein author Mary Shelley was the daughter of feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft. o It wasn’t until 1980 that a country, Iceland, had a democratically elected female head of state. o Joan of Arc was eventually captured by the French, not the English. o Mata Hari was actually a Dutch woman named Margarete Gertrude Zelle. o In 1893, New Zealand was the first country to let its women vote in national elections. o Woodrow Wilson couldn’t read until he was 9, but became the only president with a Ph.D. o Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir grew up in Milwaukee. o Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto was the first woman ever elected to lead an Islamic nation. o Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman doctor in both the U.S. and U.K. o 60% of all mammals on earth are rodents. o The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night. o Doctors in ancient China were paid when patients were healthy, not sick. o Almost 90% of the doctors in America are males. o If a room contains 100 American women, 4 will probably not be wearing panties. o According to one survey, nearly ¾ of all Americans believe in vigilante justice. o One in ten truck drivers is a woman. o 20% of American women think their feet are too big. o According to Gallup, the man most admired by Americans in 1974 was Henry Kissinger. o According to Gallup, the woman most admired by Americans in 1986 was Mother Teresa. o A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. o Six hours after you brush your teeth, plaque starts forming again. o The hair on your head grows about an inch every 2-3 months. o Fine hair grows twice as fast as coarse hair. o Only 1% of American women are completely satisfied with the way they look. o Only about 5% of American men say they are satisfied with the way they look. o About 1/3 of all Americans ride bicycles. o Approximately 50% of the area of the earth is covered by the Pacific Ocean. o The name condom comes from Dr. Charles Condom (1630-1685). o The condom - originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500s. o The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by the Egyptians in 2000 B.C.