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You Didn’t Know
October 1, 2010
by Peary Perry |
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You
might have guessed that it took 214 crates to transport the Statue of Liberty
from France to New York in 1885.
Jim Capone, the older brother of the infamous
Al Capone was known as Richard 'Two Gun' Hart because he was a lawman in the state
of Nebraska.
Red Foley, the country and western signer was Pat Boone's
father in law.
You reached Never-Never Land by 'traveling second to the
right and then straight on until the morning…' …that's important to those of you
that liked "Peter Pan".
The very last Ivy League college in America to
go co-ed was Dartmouth in the year 1972.
Queen Victoria was 18 years old
when she became the Queen of England…..what do you think was the very first thing
that she did? She moved her bed into her own room…until that time she had slept
in the same room with her mother.
Venezuela…that country in South America…..the
name actually means …'Little Venice."
Richard Nixon had a music box on
his desk when he was the President..You may not have known that the tune that
it played was…"Hail to the Chief…."
© Peary Perry
Bet
You Didn’t Know -
A Treasure Trove of Trivia
October 1, 2010 column
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