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Bet
You Didn’t Know
September 10, 2010
by Peary Perry |
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If
you were playing the board game “Clue” in Switzerland, the playing piece we know
as Colonel Mustard would be known as Madame Curry. Thought you’d want to know.
Test
your friends…”What city in the United States is not located within a state.” Why
Washington D.C. of course.
Abraham Lincoln wore a size 14 shoe.
A
star explosion is known as a Nova, light from the star at the time of the explosion
becomes 10,000 times brighter.
Glenn Miller was the first musician to
win a gold record. It happened in February of 1942 after sales of his song….’Chattanooga
Choo Choo’ climbed past the 1,000,000 mark.
The first gold album went to
the Broadway production of ‘ Oklahoma’ in 1949. By 1956 this one had sold over
1.75 million albums.
In 1st Kings, 12:11. King Rehoboam tells the people
of his nation that he will discipline them using scorpions. This was before Civil
Rights.
© Peary Perry
Bet You
Didn’t Know -
A Treasure Trove of Trivia
September 10, 2010 column
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