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* A Florida waitress was promised a new Toyota after winning a sales contest at her restaurant, but was given a toy Yoda, a “Star Wars” doll, instead. She sued the company, and received more than enough to buy herself a new Toyota. * Alchemist Hennig Brand is thought to have used upwards of 1,500 gallons of human urine in his quest to make gold. After he evaporated, boiled and distilled it multiple times, it started to glow in the dark and burst into flames. He had instead discovered the element phosphorus. * Jim Carrey’s make-up routine for ...
1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Hungary? 2. MOVIES: What is the name of the necklace given to Rose in the movie “Titanic”? 3. TELEVISION: Which TV comedy led to a spinoff series called “The Andy Griffith Show”? 4. HISTORY: The Motion Picture Association of America established modern movie ratings in which year? 5. ADVERTISING: What is the name of the rooster in the Kellogg’s Cornflakes advertisements? 6. MEASUREMENTS: How many gills are in a pint? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What is spumoni? 8. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century poet once wrote, “A...
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which capital city is located on the Tiber River? 2. LITERATURE: What is the home team of the main character in the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat"? 3. MOVIES: What is the name of the treelike character in "Guardians of the Galaxy"? 4. GAMES: How many spaces are in a standard Monopoly playing board? 5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who are the four presidents whose likenesses are carved into Mount Rushmore? 6. TELEVISION: What city is the setting for the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley"? 7. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the condition...
* In July 1999, four ladybugs and their favorite food, aphids, were sent into space on NASA's Columbia space shuttle to research how aphids escaped the ladybugs without the aid of gravity. * The first documented use of toilet paper comes from 6th-century A.D. China. * There are more than 40,000 toilet-related injuries in the U.S. each year. * The University of Liverpool Library reported that someone used a plastic-wrapped slice of "undetermined" cheese as a bookmark in one of its returned books. The library tweeted a photo of the offending...
Mader Development, Genesee, to Kenneth and Suzanne Christianson, Burlington, Wash., land at Canyon View Drive, Pullman, $87,000, June 10. Mader Development, Genesee, to Renstrom Homes Inc., Garfield, two plots of land at Canyon View Drive, $84,000 and $86,000, June 10. Kenneth and Gloria Johnson, St. John, to St. John Auto Body and Custom, LLC, St. John, property at Front Street, St. John, $125,000, June 11. Willow Creek Ranch, LaCrosse, to Mark Cochran, successor trustee of the Cochran Living Trust, Pullman, ag land, $100,000, June 11....
