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trivia

‘I Didn’t Know That...Bet You Didn’t Know It Either’

Fascinating trivia facts compiled by Stanley Morgenbesser

What Is The Most Visited What Was Barack Obama’s First Job? Which Singer Was Murdered By The President Of Her
Attraction In New York Like many other kids and young people around the nation, Fan Club?
City? Obama worked at a number of minimum wage jobs before In perhaps one of the greatest pop culture tragedies of
The Metropolitan he started working his way up. His earliest jobs included the decade, Selena’s life was cut devastatingly short when
Museum of Art in New selling ice cream in Honolulu at a Baskin-Robbins, working she was murdered in 1995. The story is one of bizarre
York City, colloquially during the summer at a deli counter making sandwiches, twists and turns though: One of her fans was appointed
“The Met,” is the largest also in Hawaii, and selling souvenirs at a gift shop. He president of the fan club and then hired as manager of
art museum in the United also worked helping to clear a construction site during one Selena’s boutiques, until she was discovered to have
States. With 7.06 million summer in Manhattan while at Columbia University, as well embezzled $60,000 from both. After she was confronted,
visitors in 2016, it was as a telemarketer making phone calls to sell subscriptions to she came back and murdered Selena, and is now serving
the third most visited art The New York Times. a life sentence in Texas.
museum in the world, and
the fifth most visited museum of any kind. In the 2018 fiscal Which Country Legalized Cannabis In 2018? Which Singer Recorded An Album In The Nude?
year, the museum welcomed a record high 7.35 million Canada has gone green! For over a decade, medicinal Lady Gaga recorded her 2013 album ARTPOP completely
visitors. While international visitors made up 34 percent marijuana has been legal in Canada, but it wasn’t until in the nude. Apparently, Gaga feels as though singing naked
of The Met’s attendees, New Yorkers accounted for 32 Oct. 17, 2018 that the nation fully legalized the substance, helps her vocal performance, and that perception inspired
percent of the total. The main building, on the eastern edge becoming the second country in the world to do so (after her to record ARTPOP in her birthday suit. While the album
of Central Park along Museum Mile in Manhattan, is one of Uruguay). While many nations have passed legislation to received generally mixed reviews from music critics, it was
the world’s largest art galleries by area. The Metropolitan decriminalize possession and allow cannabis for medical commercially successful, debuting at number one on the
Museum of Art was founded in 1870 for the purpose of use, Canada is one of the first to completely legalize the United States’ Billboard 200 albums chart.
bringing art and art education to the American people. drug, marking a potential movement for nations to adopt
more relaxed drug laws worldwide. Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know
Where In Europe Can You Find The Most Millionaires The Sahara Desert stretches farther than the distance from
Per Capita? Who Invented The Game Of Monopoly? California to New York. A soccer ball was used in basketball
If you’re looking for some swanky neighbors, maybe Lizzie Magie, a game designer born in 1866, invented until 1929. The Luna moth does not have a mouth and cannot
you should move to Monaco. One in every three people in the precursor to “Monopoly” and received a patent for it eat; it will live only for about one week, with the singular
this European city-state is a millionaire. It’s not surprising, in 1904. Her game included players who moved around purpose of mating. James Madison, the fourth President of
considering Monaco’s reputation as a tax haven and its high- the board, paying rent and purchasing properties. In 1933, the United States, holds the record for shortest holder of
end lifestyle. Monaco has seen a 6 percent population density Charles Darrow made a few changes to the game and ended that office ever, measuring a mere 5 feet 4 inches. In World
growth in recent years, though it’s usually only the ultra- up selling it in 1935 to Parker Brothers. War II, British soldiers got a ration of three sheets of toilet
wealthy who are capable of affording life in this expensive paper a day; Americans got 22. For every human on earth,
nation. How Many Years Is An Official Term Of The U.S. Senate? there are roughly 1.6 million ants. John Quincy Adams is
A senator’s term of office is six years. The Constitution the only president to have lost both the popular vote and
Which Country Has The Highest Number Of Start-Ups prescribes that a senator must be at least 30 years of age, have electoral vote, and still become president. Half of all humans
Per Capita? been a citizen of the United States for nine years, and, when who have ever lived have died from malaria. The number of
Israel is not just a land of ancient traditions, it is also a elected, be a resident of the state from which he or she is chosen. aircraft destroyed during WWII is greater than the number
tech giant! With over 4,000 start-ups, the country has one There is no limit to the number of terms he or she can serve. of aircraft that currently exist in the entire world today. The
start-up for every 1,400 people — the most per capita of Philippines is the only country, aside from Vatican City, that
any nation. These ventures also raise capital at 2.5 times What Is The Only U.S. Capital Without A McDonald’s? does not allow divorce. The first five U.S. presidents were
the rate of the United States and 30 times that of Europe. No matter where you are in the United States, you’re likely never photographed. The man who invented the Frisbee
Israeli inventions have shaped the world for decades, not too far from the golden arches of McDonald’s – unless you’re was cremated and made into Frisbees after he died. Arthur
from the USB flash drive to the first Intel PC processor to in Montpelier, Vt. While being the only U.S. state capital without Guinness, founder of Guinness Brewery, had 21 children
Google’s suggestion function. Some of their latest start-ups a McDonald’s might seem like a strange detail, Montpelier is not with just one wife. North Dakota has the coldest winters in
have recently taken the world by storm, including Waze, a bustling metropolis like most capitals. It is home to only 7,500 the continental United States. There are more fake flamingos
the popular GPS navigation software. people and doesn’t have a Burger King, either. in the world than real ones.

A Person Suffering From Anatidaephobia Fears Which
Animal?
There are some phobias out there that may seem
humorous at first, but for those who suffer from them, they
are no laughing matter. Such is the case with anatidaephobia,
an irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The
anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where he or
she is, or may be doing, a duck watches. The person is not
necessarily afraid of the duck, but only fears that the animal
is watching and keeping tabs on what he or she is doing
throughout the day.

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