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Here Are Some AMAZING FACTS & TRIVIA (Fourth Edition)

  1. Pink is for girls and blue is for boys. When did that all start? Why, 1918, of course!
  2. The rough-skinned newt emits a poison that’s 10,000 times deadlier than cyanine.
  3. In the 15th Century, convicted murderers in Ireland were handed over to the deceased families as either slaves or victims to be killed!
  4. Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising company $13,000 to name his world-famous popcorn Orville Redenbacher Popcorn. Yeah, money well spent.
  5. In WW1, German & Russian troops (enemies to each other) teamed up to stop attacking hoards of killer wolves. It sounds like a movie plot!
  6. At Google HQ there is a rule: no office can be 150ft away from any kind of food.
  7. Birds cannot detect the heat given off by eating any kind of chili flower or plant.
  8. In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise funds. What was given away as prizes? The orphaned children!
  9. What is the longest war ever? It’s the 335 Year War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.
  10. In 2013 a woman named Linda Ducharme legally married a Ferris wheel she affectionately calls “Bruce”.
  11. Elvis Presley never gave a concert outside the U.S., (except in Canada).
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