These are from last week.. Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * Bela Lugosi became famous for playing the title character in the classic 1931 movie Dracula. When he died in 1956, he was buried wearing his Dracula cape. * Mary Ann really was prettier than Ginger, at least in beauty pageant terms. Gilligans Island star Dawn Wells was beautiful and talented enough to represent Nevada in the 1960 Miss America pageant. * Al Capones brother was a cop. This Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * The purpose of gasoline rationing during the Second World War was not to conserve gas, but to conserve TIRES. The primary source for natural rubber at the time was Southeast Asia, much of which was under Japanese control. * Many artificial color additives are prohibited by law, so farmers add marigold petals to their chicken feed as a natural color enhancer to give their egg yolks that sunny, yellow hue. * The first bumper stickers appeared prior to World War II and usually promoted political candidates. At that time, they weren’t adhesive-backed; they were affixed to the car bumper with wire. This Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * The K in Kmart stands for Kresge, as in the chains founder, Sebastian S. Kresge. * Bette Nesmith Graham, mother of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees, invented Mistake Out, later known as Liquid Paper or White-Out. * Any month that begins on a Sunday will include a Friday the 13th. This Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * The first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel wasnt a young male daredevil, but rather a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor. * Dimples may be cute, but they are an inherited genetic flaw. They are caused by a fibrous band of tissue that connects the skin to an underlying bone * The first football helmet was constructed by an Annapolis shoemaker at the request of cadet Joseph Mason Reeves, whod been told that one more blow to the head would end his naval career. This Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * In 1865, six-year-old Teddy Roosevelt watched Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession in NYC. * The black box on an airplane is actually bright orange so that it can be easily found among the wreckage if the plane were to crash. * The original Pilgrims set out on a ship called Speedwell, originating from Holland. Due to an oversized mast which caused severe leaks, they were forced to acquire space on the Mayflower, losing valuable time and beer. This Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * Mel Blanc insisted on chewing real carrots to provide the chomping sounds when he voiced Bugs Bunny. * For years, the pharmaceutical company Bayer held the trademark for the word “heroin” and sold the drug as a cough and headache remedy. * The Kit Kat bar got its name from the Kit Kat Club in London’s West End, a joint famous for bringing dance-band music to the city in the 1920s. This Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * The phrase slipping a Mickey likely originated with Mickey Finn, a Chicago saloon owner known for drugging and robbing customers. * Gasoline was once sold in small bottles as a cure for lice. * Charles Douglass, inventor of the canned laughter we hear on sitcoms, recorded the guffaws for his original Laff Box during broadcasts of The Red Skelton Show. This Editions Random Facts NOTE: These facts have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * Although most people associate sword swallowing with circus folk, the practice originated about 4,000 years ago in India, where deeply religious Hindus used the ceremony to demonstrate their faith. * The first armored presidential limo was used by President Franklin Roosevelt just as the United States was entering WW II. This particular Cadillac convertible originally belonged to the gangster Al Capone. It was seized in 1932 when Capone was charged with tax evasion. * Googles founders were willing to sell to Excite for under $1 million in 1999—but Excite turned them down.
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