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St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican Is Not The Official Church Of The Pope
Text Version: Contrary to popular belief, St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City is not the Pope’s official church nor the head of all churches in the Roman Catholic faith. In fact, it’s not even
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The Sum of All Numbers On A Roulette Wheel
Text Version: One of the earliest descriptions of the casino game roulette was described in the French novel ‘La’ Roulette, Ou Le Jour’, written by Jaques Lablee. Roulette is named after a French diminutive
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Where the Phrase “Speak Of The Devil” Came From
Text Version: The term “Speak of the Devil” is the shortened version of “Speak of the Devil and he doth appear. ” It comes from England in the middle ages,where it wasn’t used in
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The Iconic Blue Twitter Bird Actually Has A Name
Text Version: The Twitter Bird’s first name is Larry, as in Larry Bird. He’s named after the hall of fame Basketball player Larry Bird, who played for Biz Stone’s (the founder of twitter) home
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Only One Member Of The Surf-Rock Band ‘The Beach Boys’ Knew How To Surf
Text Version: Dennis Wilson was the drummer for the surf rock band ‘The Beach Boys’, formed in 1961. The band had several songs about the sport like, “Surfer Girl”,”Surfin’ Safari” and “Surfin’ USA”. However,
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Two Pioneering Female Journalists Raced Each Other To Beat The Fictional Character Phileas Fogg from “Around The World In 80 Days” in 1889
Text Version: In 1888, Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) discussed with her editor at ‘New York World’ an idea to write a story, and beat the fictitious character ‘Phileas Fogg’ in Jules Verne’s book
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Pete Sampras Once was Almost Disqualified for Throwing Up During a Match
Text Version: In 1996, when Pete Sampras played Alex Corretja in the U.S. Open, he had a bit of a stomach bug. He actually threw up on the baseline during the fifth set. One
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A Day On Mercury Is Actually Longer Than Its Year
Text Version One day on Mercury (i.e -the time it takes to rotate around its axis once) lasts 176 earth days. A year on Mercury (i.e – the amount of time for Mercury to
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Vice President John C. Calhourn Was Married To One of His First Cousins
Text Version: John C. Calhourn was the only Vice President to serve under two presidents, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. He also married his first cousin Floride Bonneau Calhoun. Together they had 10
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Canada Has More Lakes Than All Other Countries Put Together
Text Version: Canada has over 3 million lakes, making them home to 60% of the World’s lakes. In other words, they have more lakes than all other countries combined
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