“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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A foolish fact filled Tuesday?
I don’t know about that, but it is April Fool’s Day so anything is possible.
Nevertheless I hope there are at least a few things of interest in this lot.
Enjoy.
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Will Smith is now older than Uncle Phil
was at the beginning of “The Fresh Prince.”
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There are more than 1,700 references to gems and
precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.
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Turning a clock’s hands counterclockwise
while setting it is not necessarily harmful.
It is only damaging when the timepiece
contains a chiming mechanism.
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Cleopatra lived closer to the building
of Pizza Hut than the pyramids.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush
be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet
to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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South Africa has 11 official languages
– the most for a single country.
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The US has no official language.
(Comprende?)
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The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929;
“7” was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces.
“UP” indicated the direction of the bubbles.
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The highest point in Pennsylvania
is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
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France was still executing people by guillotine
when Star Wars came out.
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The earliest recorded case
of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679,
when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary
“I quit smoking tobacco.”
He died one month later.
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“Goodbye” came from “God bye”
which came from “God be with you.”
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Charlie Brown’s father was a barber.
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Every continent begins and ends in the same letter.
(I bet you never noticed that.)
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Every continent has a city called Rome.
(I bet you never noticed that either.)
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