Before his debut as "Magnum PI", Tom Selleck appeared twice on "The
Dating Game", but didn't get picked either time.
A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a
car with automatic shift.
In 1900, there were 8,000 cars in the United States; by 1919, there
were 6 million cars in the U.S.
The Professor on "Gilligan's Island" was named Roy Hinkley. The
Skipper was named Jonas Grumby. Both names were used only once in the
entire series, on the first episode.
The human eyes can perceive more than 1 million simultaneous visual
impressions and are able to discriminate among nearly 8 million
gradiations of color.
The modern dinner plate is a fairly recent development. Until the 15th
century, it was customary to eat on a thick slice of stale bread,
called a "trencher," that soaked up the juice.
In Japan, one should give and receive gifts with both hands. This is
viewed as a gesture of respect and humility.
Police investigators are experts in collecting "dactylograms",
otherwise know as fingerprints.
The shortest war, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38
minutes.
In the late 1970s, Coca-Cola Co. boycotted the NBC late-night comedy
show "Saturday Night Live" for several years. The giant soda company
was retaliating against a frequent character of comedian John
Belushi's, a Greek restaurant owner, who repeatedly said to customers,
times throughout each skit.
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