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      •  Any prime number higher than                         fetch much more than a cup of coffee
      three, when squared and subtracted                      in the land of fruits and nuts.

      by one, will always turn out to be a
                                                              •  In the movie, The Godfather, the
      multiple of 24. I’m struggling to find a
                                                              word “mafia” is never said because
      use for this information.
                                                              the actual mafia commanded it.

      •  The little piece of paper sticking out               Who knew that it was a registered
      of a Hershey’s Kiss is called a niggly                  trademark?
      wiggly. I decline to comment on this.
                                                              •  The loudness of a monkey is relative
      •  The Canadian government isn’t sure  to the size of its testicles. Researchers

      when Canada became a sovereign                          found that the smaller the testicles,
      state. Its Supreme Court ruled that                     the louder the monkey. Similar results

      sovereignty occurred sometime                           were found when studying Congress.
      between 1919 and 1931. Keep
                                                              •  7% of all American adults believe
      wondering why we mock you.
                                                              that chocolate milk comes from
      •  When cellophane was invented in                      brown cows. That works out to 16.4

      1908, it was originally intended to                     million people. It shouldn’t surprise
      be used to protect tablecloths from                     you that they all vote.

      wine spills… and also, apparently, my
                                                              •  Eminem’s mother filed an $11
      grandmother’s living room furniture.
                                                              million defamation lawsuit against

      •  You can now get a headstone                          him because of his lyrics about
      with a QR code. Called “Living                          her. She settled for $25,000 and

      Headstones”, they show pages with                       $23,354.25 of that went to her lawyer.
      photos, video biography’s, and                          God bless America.

      comments from loved ones. Future
                                                              •  At one point, 50% of the CD’s
      archaeologists should have a field day
                                                              produced worldwide had AOL logos
      with this one.
                                                              on them. The cost for the marketing
      •  In Mississippi, it is considered a                   campaign was in the billions –

      federal offense to “Dine-n-Dash” on a  and it worked. Coincidentally, a

      check that is over $25. In California,                  corresponding percentage of skeet
      it is only petty theft. In fairness to                  shooting targets were similarly
      California, while one might dine well                   branded.

      on $25 in Mississippi, it likely won’t
                                                              •  President Ulysses S. Grant was



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