Know-it-All Facts
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $5 bill.
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Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
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The land area of the state of Florida is larger than England.
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A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time. It represents 1/100th of a second.
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Elvis Presley’s dog-tag number was 53310761 and his driver’s license number was 2571459.
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~BARBIE’S~ full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
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Bamboo can grow 4 feet in 24 hours.
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The White House had a telephone before it had an indoor bathroom.
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The initials M.G. on the famous British-made automobile stand for ‘Morris Garage’.
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When a piece of glass cracks, the crack travels faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using letters from only one row of the keybaord.
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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s Gum!
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Elephants are the only animals with 4 knees, and the only animals that can’t jump!
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist. ‘Why am I not surprised!’
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Frank and Jesse James committed the first daytime bank robbery on Feb.14, 1866.
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The first roll of toilet paper was introduced in 1871.
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The first color TV show was The Cisco Kid.
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Australia is the world’s smallest continent, and also the largest island in the world.
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The Capitol Building in Washington, DC has 365 steps representing every day of the year.