10426. Fact

Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney invented Trivial Pursuit. They were planning on playing Scrabble and realized that some of the pieces were missing so they came up with the idea of making their own game; Trivial Pursuit

10427. Fact

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.

10428. Fact

The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA

10429. Fact

Shirly Temple received 135,000 presents on her 8th birthday.

10430. Fact

There are four main Blood types: A, B, AB and O and each Blood type is either Rh positive or negative. Blood types in the US Type O positive 38.4%, O negative 7.7%, A positive 32.3%, A negative 6.5%, B positive 9.4%, B negative 1.7%, AB positive 3.2%, AB negative 0.7%

10431. Fact

Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime.

10432. Fact

The city of Chicago has the only post office in the world where you can drive your car through

10433. Fact

It takes 12 honeybees to make one teaspoon of honey

10434. Fact

The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world's mail.

10435. Fact

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

10436. Fact

A British term for slot machine is fruit machine or one-armed bandit.

10437. Fact

There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.

10438. Fact

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

10439. Fact

There's an average of of 178 sesame seeds on a Big Mac bun.

10440. Fact

Parker Brothers prints about 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money in one year.

10441. Fact

The average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00. The average first class meal: $50.

10442. Fact

Cleopatra married two of her brothers

10443. Fact

A Hungarian named Ladislo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938.

10444. Fact

Roasted coffee beans start to lose small amounts of flavor within two weeks. Ground coffee begins to lose its flavor in one hour. Brewed coffee and espresso begins to lose flavor within minutes.

10445. Fact

Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald

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