Trivia for the day!

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Thanks to Lu, I can now send you a piece of trivia for the day.

Today's list will be long. I'm going to catch you up til 1/22:

1. Herbert Hoover was the first President to have an asteroid named after

him.

2. The first roll of toilet paper was introduced in 1871.

3. When astronauts first shaved in space, their weightless whiskers floated

up to the ceiling. A special razor that worked like a vacuum cleaner was

developed.

4. and committed the first daytime bank robbery on

2/14/1866.

5. The first US Marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from

sabers, hence the name leathernecks.

6. Florence Nightingale carried a pet owl in her pocket.

7. Bats are the only mammals that fly.

8. Annie Oakley shot a cigar out of Kaiser Wilhelm's mouth while touring

Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

9. According to law, stores cannot sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in

Providence, RI, but they are allowed to sell toothpaste and mouthwash.

10. Calvin Coolidge was sworn into office by his own father.

11. A black surgeon, Dr. Hale , performed the first successful

heart operation.

12. Chinatown in San Francisco is the largest Chinese community outside of

Asia

13. The first Harley son motorcycle was built by Harley and the

three son brothers in 1903.

14. A stack of $1 dollar bills one mile high would be worth more than $14

million dollars.

15. During her husband's presidency, Martha Washington was formallly

addressed as Lady Washington.

16. Twenty-five percent of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic

in 1872.

17. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.

18. A recent study conducted by the Shyness Clinic in Menlo Park, CA,

revealed that almost 90% of Americans label themselves as shy.

19. Giants baseball catcher Roger Bresnahan intorduced shin guards in 1907.

20. The satin shorts worn by Sylvester Stallone in the original Rocky movie

fetched $16,896 at auction in New York City.

21. The first color TV show was " The Cisco Kid "

22. You're just as likely to die by falling out of bed as you are to get

struck by lightning: each is a 1 in 2,000,000 chance.

Do you feel any smarter???? I will send just one a day from now on and see

how smart you will be at the end of the year. LOL