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January 31, 2017

* FACTS 77

Hi Friends!

1. In 1939, Hitler's nephew wrote an article called "Why I hate my Uncle". He came to the U.S, served in the Navy, and settled on Long Island.

2. Furbines were banned from the National Security Agency's Maryland headquarters in 1999. It was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.

3. Mark Twain invented a board game called Mark Twain's memory builder: A game for Acquiring and Retaining all sorts of Facts and Dates.

4. In 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor- the voice of Minnie.

5. Carly Simon's dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster. He co-founded the company.

6. Johnny Cash's "A boy named Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein.

7. When the computer mouse was invented, it was called the X-Y position indicator for a Display System.

8. The duffel bag gets its name fromt the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth used in the bags was originally sold.

9. James Avery ("Uncle Phil" on the Fresh prince of Bel Air) was the voice of Shredder on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

10. The Q in Q-tips stands for quality.

11. A snail can sleep for three years.

12. All polar bears are left handed.

13. There are 366 dimples on a golf ball.

14. Boxing is the only sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the winner until the contest ends.

15. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.

16. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of woulds received in Battle.

17. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in Battle.

18. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

19. Mao Zedong of China never brush his teeth in his lifetime.

20. When Elizabeth I of Russia died in 1962, there were 15,000 dresses in her closets.

21. Pearls melts in vinegar.

22. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at walking you up in the morning.

23. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

24. There are 318,979,564,000 possible ways to play first four movies, per side, in Chess.

25. The bulletproof vest was actually invented by a Pizza delivery guy form Detroit USA,  after he was shot twice on the job.

Enjoy!