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I Didn’t Know That ... Bet You Didn’t Know It Either
Which Frugal Billionaire
E a t s Al m o st E v e r y
Breakfast At McDonald’s?
Warren Buffett eats the
same thing for breakfast
every day – and it never
costs him more than $3.17.
Investing legend Warren
Buffett is worth an estimated
$87 billion, but you’d never
know it by his lifestyle. The
87-year-old billionaire still
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Trivia
Fascinating trivia facts compiled by Stanley Morgenbesser
lives in the five-bedroom home in Omaha, Nebraska, that Which President With The Nickname Uncle Jumbo Was
he bought in 1958 for $31,500. And he never spends more The Only Individual To Serve Two Non-Consecutive
than $3.17 on breakfast. On his five-minute drive to the Terms As U.S. President?
office, Buffett stops by McDonald’s and always orders one The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
of three items: two sausage patties ($2.61), a sausage, egg tipped the scales at over 250 pounds, so it’s no wonder
and cheese ($2.95), or a bacon, egg and cheese ($3.17). that he earned the nickname Uncle Jumbo. Stephen Grover
Which Breed Of Dog Does The U.S. Secret Service Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United
Exclusively Use? States and, therefore, the only individual to be counted
For years, the U.S. Secret Service has exclusively used twice in the numbering of the presidents.
the Belgian Malinois on its canine force. This elite breed Why Did Alfred Nobel Establish The Nobel Prize?
of dog is known for being agile and effective at detecting An obituary was published in France in 1888 noting the
explosives. They can often be seen patrolling just outside the death of inventor Alfred Nobel, but it was Nobel’s brother,
White House gates, sniffing their way through the throngs Ludwig, who had passed away. The obituary was insulting,
of visitors, protesters and joggers passing by. They can run saying that Nobel made himself wealthy by inventing ways
25 miles per hour and have a bite that applies hundreds of to kill people faster. Because he was concerned about how
pounds of pressure per square inch. A Belgian Malinois dog people would remember him, Nobel came up with the idea
named “Cairo” accompanied Navy SEALs on the raid that of the Nobel Prize, which was funded by proceeds of a
killed Osama bin Laden. trust from his estate.
Who Created The First TV Dinner? Why Did Frank Sinatra Hate The Song My Way?
In 1953, the TV-dinner company Swanson overestimated My Way is Frank Sinatra’s most iconic song. It became
the demand for turkey by over 260 tons. The owners of the his trademark song and audiences wouldn’t let him end
company had no idea what to do with all the leftovers, so a show without singing about how he’d lived his life
they enlisted the help of company salesman Gerry Thomas. without regrets. The song became a part of music history,
Taking inspiration from airplane meals, Thomas ordered and soon everyone was singing it, not just Sinatra. My
5,000 aluminum trays and loaded them with the turkey Way has been covered by everyone from Sid Vicious to
leftovers to create the first TV dinner. the Three Tenors. In 2005, it was played at more British
Which Item Was Invented By A Secretary And Later funerals than any other pop song. The funny thing about
Sold For $47 Million Dollars? all of this is that Sinatra absolutely hated My Way. And
Bette Nesmith Graham made a living as a secretary. The whenever he performed live, he told audiences exactly
problem was that she wasn’t a good typist and kept making what he thought about it. During a gig at Caesars Palace,
mistakes. So she began experimenting with ways to cover he told the crowd, “I hate this song – you sing it for eight
up errors. She mixed ingredients such as white tempera years, you would hate it, too.” But the fans wanted My
water-based paint in her kitchen blender and painted over Way, so he gave it to them without fail.
her mistakes with a thin paintbrush. She began marketing Which Celebrity Is Banned From Playing Blackjack
her typewriter correction fluid as “Mistake Out.” The name At The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino?
was later changed to Liquid Paper. In 1979, she sold Liquid In 2014, Ben Affleck made headlines for getting banned
Paper to the Gillette Corporation for $47 million. for life from the blackjack tables at the Hard Rock Hotel
Why Was Opening Day At Disneyland A Near Disaster? & Casino in Las Vegas. Affleck was in Sin City when
Disneyland was originally planned as a small park but the security approached him on suspicion of counting cards.
idea grew, and 160 acres were purchased to build the attraction. Card counting – a method of using probability to predict
Those 160 acres also included a secluded apartment for Disney the next hand – is not technically illegal, but many casinos
to watch what was going on during construction. However, on forbid it. The Hollywood high roller was told he was “too
broke down, a gas leak shut down Fantasyland and some play blackjack. According to the New York Post, he had
good” at the game, and that he was no longer welcome to
opening day too many people showed up, some of the rides
hit it big at the very same casino a year earlier, raking in
people even tried to get in by using counterfeit tickets. Despite
the problems, Disneyland was a huge success and more than
a total of nearly $1 million in two trips.
Things I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know
500,000 visitors had visited the park after about one month.
Where Is The Most Popular Spot In The World To Take A blue whale’s heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle
and large enough that you could swim through its arteries.
A Selfie?
The luna moth does not have a mouth and cannot eat;
The Eiffel Tower was named the most popular spot in
the world to take a selfie. The French landmark structure it will live only for about one week, with the singular
sees the most selfies posted on Instagram. Coming in at purpose of mating. President Nixon had a speech ready
second was Disney World in Florida, followed by Dubai’s in the event the astronauts were stranded on the moon.
Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. London’s Big Ben Seven hundred streets in the United States are named after
and New York’s Empire State Building rounded out the top Martin Luther King Jr., with one such street in almost
five most popular locations. every major city. Dubai holds over 60 Guinness World
Who Came Up With The Word “Mayday?” Records, including the world’s tallest building and the
Mayday got its start as an international distress call world’s longest bar. There are 328 people named Abcde
in 1923. It was made official in 1948. It was the idea of in the United States. The top three nations of origin for
Frederick Mockford, who was a senior radio officer at victims of human trafficking in 2018 were the United
Croydon Airport in London. He came up with the idea for States, Mexico and the Philippines. The United States has
“Mayday” because it sounded like the French word maider, the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent
which means “help me.” A mayday call is not something households. There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in
to be taken lightly. In the United States, it’s illegal to make an adult human body. Barry Manilow didn’t write his
a fake distress call. Doing so can land you in jail for up to popular song called I Write the Songs. Hillary Clinton
six years and subject you to a $250,000 fine! hasn’t driven a car since 1996.
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