Ten Trivial Facts to Astound your Friends and Family=
1. Mosquitos favorite color is blue.
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2. Superman’s birthday is F=
ebruary 29th.
3. A wheeled office chair travels about 8 miles =
a year.
4. In an average lifetime, a person will grow 6 feet of nose hair=
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5. Entomophagy is the condition of someone who eats insects.
6. Mos=
t car horns honk in F major.
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7. Snickers is the most popular candy in Ame=
rica.
8. Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
9. A Slinky is made from =
80-feet of wire.
10. Apples are the most popular fruit in the USA.
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1. What were Delicious apples called origin=
ally?
HAWKEYES
2. What was Scrabble fi=
rst known as?
LEXICO
3. What was the c=
omic strip Charles Schultz drew called before “Peanuts?”
LI’L PEOPLE
4. What was “Etch-a-=
sketch” first marketed as?
MAGIC S=
CREEN
5. Who was Eminem known as growing up?
MARSHALL MATHERS III
6. Iran was known formerly as Persia. What wa=
s it called before that?
IRAN (after Ary=
ans ethnic population, then changed to ancient name of region until the Sha=
h allowed it to be called either Iran or Persia – both still correct =
today)
7. Before the flying disc was named “Frisbe”, what was=
its original name?
PLUTO PLATTER
8. W=
ho were Leonard, Adolph, and Julius before breaking into show business?
MARX BROTHERS (CHICO, HARPO, and GROUCHO)
9. What island was originally named Boriken?
PUERTO RICO
10. Before the film’s name Casablanca, what was i=
t called?
EVERYBODY COMES TO RICK’=
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Dr Bob G=
riffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“From all harm safe in His sheltering arms
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.”=
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