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Amazing Facts & Trivia (29th Edition)
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Here are some AMAZING FACTS & TRIVIA:
- Key West (in Florida) declared itself a sovereign nation in 1982 just to get foreign aid.
- Until only recently in Austin, Texas, could they legally rent apartments with no windows!
- Chronic insomniac, Howard Hughes, bought a Las Vegas TV station so he could watch TV anytime.
- The Presidential nuclear launch codes are stored on a special credit card, called “a biscuit”.
- A lost hiker in Saskatchewan, Canada cut electrical wires from a power pole to be rescued.
- The only plane permitted to fly on 9/11 was a jet carrying anti-venom to a hospital patient.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart averaged 22 music compositions every year of his life.
- Speaking of which, actor Eric Roberts averages around 18 acting gigs per year! Wow!
- Almost three billion people have never used the internet.
- Only Antarctica and Iceland do NOT have mosquitoes!
- In 1971, the Harlem Globetrotters actually lost a game to their rivals, The Washington Generals
- The International Space Station does not allow alcohol, perfume, mouthwash, or after shave.
….and now you’re a little bit smarter!
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