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Do you like trivia?
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Aspirin, Bakelite, cellophane, Frisbee, jeep, Kleenex, nylon, Ping-Pong, Styrofoam, trampoline, Vaseline, yo-yo, and zipper all started as trademarks, but have become 'regular' words. |
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Only men attended the Olympics in the old days; indeed any woman in attendance was supposed to be thrown over a cliff! |
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Chocolate, coming from a word in a now dead language, means the food of the gods, but originally was only used as a drink for men, usually mixed with chili pepper. |
The citrus fruit orange first originated in China. |
George Washington, the first US president, grew marijuana plants, brewed his own beer, cheated on his government expense accounts and was reputed to be a rum smuggler. |
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In the United States, a billion is written as 1,000,000,000 (109) while in Great Britain and most of Europe, it is 1,000,000,000,000 (1012). |
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The original typewriter keyboard keys were in alphabetical order; however, the keys kept jamming, so a keyboard was designed to slow people down. |
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