There are 7,500 varieties of apples. Pink Pearl is known to taste like raspberry and smell like grapefruit.
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The Quaker Oats company isn’t Quaker…
The Quaker Oats company isn’t Quaker and never was, they picked their name based on a religious stereotype about Quakers being honest in business.
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The saying “Irish Goodbye” refers to a…
The saying “Irish Goodbye” refers to a person ducking out of a party, social gathering or very bad date without bidding farewell.
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Slavery: Convict leasing and Peonage
In 1898, some 73% of Alabama’s entire annual state revenue came from convict leasing. There were two types of slavery in the post-Civil War USA south: 1) Convict leasing, where the States generated much revenue and where business owners got very cheap labor (even cheaper than having slaves) 2) Peonage, which meant being in debt […]
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Baseball hall of famer Larry Walker…
Baseball hall of famer Larry Walker was fixated on the number 3. He wore number 33, was married on November 3 at 3:33 and his phone number had “as many threes as the phone company would allow.” In 1993, he signed a $3 million contract.
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Oprah Winfrey’s actual name is spelt…
Oprah Winfrey’s actual name is spelt Orpah, a biblical name, it is present on her birth certificate. However people didn’t really know how to pronounce ‘Orpah’ and misspelt it as Oprah. Therefore she just stuck with it and began to call herself Oprah.
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The youngest American First Lady…
The youngest American First Lady was 21 year old Francis Cleveland. She married her godfather, 48 year old President Grover Cleveland who helped raise her after Francis’ father/his good friend died when she was 9. He bought her a baby carriage and doted on her from the moment she was born.
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Ironically the American whiskey company…
Ironically the American whiskey company Jack Daniel’s can’t sell its own products in its home county of Moore County, Tennessee due to it being a dry county.
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In the 70’s, Bruce Lee tried to create…
In the 70’s, Bruce Lee tried to create an American TV show, but Warner Brothers stole the idea, created “Kung Fu” and cast David Carradine as the lead. 50 yrs later Bruce Lee’s daughter took her fathers idea and created “The Warrior” for Cinemax.
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Marion County Sheriff’s Office…
Marion County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation after one of its officers said he suspected someone had taken a bite out of a McChicken sandwich. They concluded that the officer forgot he took a bite of his sandwich.
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