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Abraham Lincoln’s brother Gordon opened the first Dim Sum restaurant west of the Alleghenys.
According to a NASA study, 98% of the time a person types LOL, they have not literally laughed out loud.
For his historic trans-Atlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh wanted a flight attendant.
The Renaissance was delayed due to a teamster’s strike.
There is no recorded instance of anyone fighting like cats and dogs while it was raining like cats and dogs.
The first batter in major league baseball history immediately set the record for most plate appearances.
In its original charter, the official language of the United Nations was to be pig latin.
The asp that killed Cleopatra was named Larry.
Had it not been for the car accident that took his life, James Dean would have had the role of Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver.
Charles Manson once did a cameo on The Brady Bunch.
Due to a clerical error, in the 1920s there was a US Senator representing Romania.
Biblical scholars believe that John the Baptist was actually an Episcopalian.
According to the National Air and Space museum, after this inaugural flight, Orville Wright was so excited he forget to return his tray table to an upright and locked position.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Andrew Lloyd Webber have the same middle name, Lloyd.
Many people who claim to gave encountered aliens say that they call each other, “dude.”
In Canada Cinco De Mayo is celebrated in October.
A 1960s remake of It’s a Wonderful Life was in production before funding fell through. It was titled, It’s a Groovy Life.
For a few months in 1978 Bob Marley and Henry Kissinger carpooled to work together.
In November 2017 Robert Redford and Seth Rogen started developing a TV show called, “Pardon my, Emoji.”
A confused Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once tried to get a job doing musical accompaniments for an a cappella choir.
Researchers at NASA have concluded that a stitch in time actually only saves eight.
In addition to making the first American flag, Betsy Ross designed the halter top.
When his disciples first encountered Jesus after he had risen, they assumed they were seeing Jesus’ brother, Nigel.
In the original script for 2001: A Space Odyssey, instead of a monolith there was a barber’s pole.
Lewis and Clark often complained that they got a bum steer from Trip Advisor.
According to the Wall Street journal, after winning the Pulitzer Prize for literature, Robert Penn Warren spent all his prize money on hookers and blow.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence received commemorative tote bags.
Between fasts Gandhi loved nothing more than peach parfait.
Before she began doing humanitarian work, Mother Teresa was a homicide detective in Detroit.
Economist Milton Friedman had a background in musical theater.
Just to be contrary, the rock group the Rolling Stones, will, while on tour, gather moss.
According the Bureau of Labor Statistics the least utilized excuse for missing work is: “I had to go down to the morgue to identify a body.”
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was 1263 Elm Street.
While president of the United States, George Washington preferred to be called, Prez.
The first NFL half time show was just a guy doing card tricks.
Samuel Beckett wrote a never performed sequel to “Waiting for Godot” entitled, “Godot Finally Arrives, Was Stuck in Traffic.”
In the off season, baseball superstar Babe Ruth would supplement his income by serving as a circuit judge.
World War I was originally slated to start a month earlier then it actually did but was delayed because Kaiser Wilhelm had a scheduling conflict.
Albert Einstein often stated that if he hadn’t succeeded in psychics he would liked to have been a village smithy.
President Calvin Coolidge had an imaginary friend named Max who he sometimes consulted on foreign affairs.
Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) was an atheist.
Lyle Nottingham of Poughkeepsie, NY is credited with being the first on twitter to use, “I can’t even.” He claims to greatly regret doing so.
According to a story in US Weekly, the fastest growing recreational activity in the United States is whaling.
Neil Armstrong always regretted that he never cashed in the frequent flyer miles he earned from his trip to the moon.
In the first draft of Moby Dick, instead of a whale, Captain Ahab was pursuing an annoying seagull.
Astrophysicists are convinced that if there is intelligent life on other planets they don’t have rodeos.
Historians believe that John Tyler was the first president to play strip poker during cabinet meetings.
Scientists and theologians agree that the Hokey Pokey has little or nothing to do with “what it’s all about.”
At the time of his death Steve Jobs was working on a rotary dial smart phone.
Native American survivors of the Battle of Little Big Horn claim that Custer’s last words were, “and I just got this jacket back from the cleaners.”
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