Game: Did you know?
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) - the percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David,
Hearts - Charlemagne,
Clubs -Alexander, the Great,
Diamonds - Julius Caesar -
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2nd, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
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"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
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Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace
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Most boat owners name their boats. Obsession is the most popular boat name requested.
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Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers are all invented by women.
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Honey is the only food that doesnt spoil.
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Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is allergic to carrots
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.
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In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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wah Jur, that's ALOT of did you knows! i suddenly feel more knowledgeable.
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Did you know?
A pickup truck ran over the head of an 11-year-old Indiana boy; he walked away with a hairline skull fracture and a headache.