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

Fascinating trivia facts 1 bestselling book on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble 3. California Institute of Technology
compiled by Stanley in 2018 – and considering it didn’t come out until Nov. 13, 4. Yale University
Morgenbesser that’s quite a feat. In her memoir, she talks candidly about her Who Was The Most Frequent Guest On Johnny Carson’s
life, describing in honest detail how she got from her Chicago The Tonight Show?
Which Is The Most upbringing to the White House. And people loved it: Becoming Bob Hope appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny
Expensive Tourist has been at the top of Amazon’s bestseller list longer than any Carson 131 times – more than any other guest in the history of
Destination In The United other book ever has. the show. Viewers of The Tonight Show might have assumed
States? Which President Was Buried Without His Brain? that Hope was one of Carson’s favorite guests. However,
A trip to the Big Apple JFK’s brain had been removed during his autopsy and despite his numerous appearances, Hope was allegedly
will set you back the most out stored in the National Archives. Three years later, the brain had Carson’s least favorite guest. Johnny admired Hope’s place in
of any tourist destination in vanished and people have been speculating what happened to show business, but he was not a great admirer of his work. He
the United States, comparing it ever since. Many conspiracy theorists claim the brain was never warmed to Hope, neither personally nor professionally.
the average costs for airfare, hotel, transportation and other stolen to cover up details about his assassination, or even to The U.S. Supreme Court Decision That Legalized Abortion
expenses in 30 U.S. tourist destinations, based on two adults hide illnesses he was suffering from. He is the only president Is Referred To By What Case Name?
staying for three nights. A three-night stay in New York will buried brainless. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark legal
set you back about $2,070.36, followed by Maui at $1,924.04 Which Is The Most Visited State In The United States? decision Roe v. Wade. The court case effectively legalized
and Asheville, N.C., at $1,921.82. Of course, you can spend California is the most visited state in the United States, abortion across the country by striking down a Texas statute
far more than $2,000 in New York if you add some Broadway followed by Florida, Nevada, and Texas, respectively. Drawing banning the procedure. The court held that a woman’s right
shows, go on a 5th Avenue shopping spree, take a helicopter in 250 million-plus visitors each year, the Golden State is quite to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by
tour of the city and dine in Michelin three-star restaurants! literally bringing in the gold: $120-plus billion, annually. Often the Fourteenth Amendment. Roe v. Wade reshaped national
What Were The Two Best-Selling Books In 2018? touted as one of the most beautiful and diverse states, whether politics, dividing much of the United States into pro-life and
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (Michael you’re coming for the weather, the beaches, the fame or the pro-choice camps. Forty-six years later, the decision is still
Wolff) came in at No. 1 of the best-selling books for the first glory, California does not disappoint. controversial – perhaps more than ever – with legislation and
half of the year, and sales didn’t slow much in the last six At Their Closest Point, How Close Are The United States counter protests across the country.
months of 2018. The 336-page book gives a comprehensive And Russian Borders? What Is The Longest Cruise In The World?
overview of what happened in the White House during the You can actually walk from the United States to Russia! The Viking’s World Cruise is the longest continuous
first nine months Donald Trump was president. The book, The island of Big Diomede is owned by Russia, while Little cruise available to travelers as of 2018. The 930-passenger
with its detailed descriptions of the behavior of President Diomede is owned by the United States – and they are just luxury ship is scheduled to set sail from London on Aug. 31.
Trump and his staff, quickly became a New York Times No. 1 2.5 miles apart. During the winter that small stretch of water Its itinerary will take passengers to 113 ports in 59 countries,
bestseller. Trump’s presidency is one of the more controversial freezes over and would allow one to actually walk from one circumnavigating the globe and returning to Big Ben in eight
presidencies the United States has seen, and nothing sells like country to the other. So, yes, Sarah Palin could have seen months’ time. In comparison, other world cruises are often
conflict. Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, was the No. Russia from her island house ... on a very clear day. If you anywhere from 90 to 120 days, and are broken up into several
count only the distance between mainland United States and segments.
Attention Russia, then the distance grows to 55 miles. Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know
How Much Blood Is In The Average Adult Human’s Body?
Eat is the only word that, if you take the first letter and

Boca Pointe Residents! has 1.2 to 1.5 gallons of blood in their body. This obviously move it to the last, it spells its past tense: ate, and listen and
The average adult human weighing 150 to 180 pounds
silent use the same letters. Sixty percent of NBA players
Flatten All Your Boxes! can vary depending on several factors, including weight, sex, are broke within five years of retiring from the game. More
and even diet. In comparison, the average 8-pound newborn people live in New York City than in 40 of the 50 states. The
Our recycling trucks do not pick up your has just 0.07 gallons of blood. While you do contain a hefty word Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell. In 1872,
cardboard boxes if they are not flattened. Instead, amount of blood, blood loss is a real danger and can send the Russia sold Alaska to the United States for about two cents
they go to trash and are burned with regular body into hemorrhagic shock easily. per acre. It would take you more than 400 years to spend a
What Is The Most Popular Dog Breed?
night in all of Las Vegas’s hotel rooms. Arizona and Hawaii
refuse....lost revenue for residents of Boca Pointe.  Labrador retrievers are by far the most popular dog; are now the only states that don’t observe daylight saving time.
they have held the No. 1 place since 1991, according to the Boston has the worst drivers out of the nation’s 200 largest
American Kennel Club. Labs also shed, live up to 14 years, cities; Kansas City has the best drivers. The Empire State
and can weigh between 55 to 80 pounds, making them very building has its own zip code. At 46 letters, Massachusetts’
Attention similar to golden retrievers. Labs have wonderful, outgoing Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
has the longest place name in the United States. The entire
personalities and are very gentle and intelligent, often making
All Residents! them great service dogs. Denver International Airport is twice the size of Manhattan.
Please keep What Are The Four Hardest Universities To Get Into In The number of bourbon barrels in Kentucky outnumbers the
2019?
state’s population by more than two million. Guinea pigs are
garage The four hardest universities to get into in 2019 are: neither pigs nor from Guinea. Three hundred couples get
doors closed. 1. Harvard University married each day in Las Vegas. For every person on earth,
2. Stanford University
there are roughly 170 million insects. 
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