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05-14-21, 04:57 PM | #796 |
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In 1903, Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper.
It's rumored Mary earned money baby sitting one Winfred (nicknamed Wind) Shields in her early days.
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05-15-21, 05:04 AM | #797 |
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Ew.
There are some facts which are not only useless, but better off unknown.
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05-15-21, 05:26 AM | #798 |
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The strongest muscle (Relative to size) in the body is the tongue.
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05-15-21, 06:48 AM | #799 |
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The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
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05-15-21, 06:58 AM | #800 |
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In the 1969 Akdov Telmig started making some soft and hardcore pornographic movies.
The name was a pseudonym, (extra points if can figure it out) The director is probably better known by his real name of Ed Wood Jr.
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05-15-21, 12:08 PM | #801 |
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Vodka Gimlet
You could have made it harder if you'd have used Akdon Telmig.
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05-15-21, 12:17 PM | #802 |
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A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
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05-15-21, 12:18 PM | #803 |
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05-15-21, 12:23 PM | #804 |
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Seeing I'll be in Wyoming the end of June?
I'll have to get some of that.
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05-15-21, 12:39 PM | #805 |
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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
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05-15-21, 04:25 PM | #806 | |
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Quote:
Well I had to use the name he actually used or it would not have been fair.
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05-15-21, 04:26 PM | #807 |
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Canada has more lakes than anywhere in the world. 9% of the country is covered in fresh water.
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05-16-21, 05:39 AM | #808 |
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The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'
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05-16-21, 06:13 AM | #809 |
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President Richard Nixon was at Disney World when he infamously proclaimed, “I am not a crook.”
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05-16-21, 09:59 AM | #810 |
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In 1986 Congress & President Ronald Reagan signed Public Law 99-359, which changed Daylight Saving Time from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. It was estimated to save the nation about 300,000 barrels of oil each year by adding most of the month April to D.S.T.
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