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trivia 6/4
DID YOU KNOW...
Taxes due on one of the “free” cars Oprah gave away to her audience in 2004: $7,000.

1. Which of the five have you lost if you suffer from anosmia ?
2. which came first; rubber band or paper clip ?
3. What was being illegally transported across state lines in the comic chase flick,
"Smokey and the Bandit" ?
4. What was the shortest overtime in National Football League history ?
a. – 14 seconds
b. – 24 seconds
c. – 34 seconds
d. – 44 seconds
5. which critter is known as the sea canary ?
6. What famous historical event was reported in the Tombstone Epitaph on October 27,
1881 under the headline, "Three Men Hurled into Eternity in the Duration of a
Moment!" ?
7. Inventor John Dunlop developed pneumatic tires, but what was his profession ?
a. – Race car driver / owner
b. – Lawyer
c. – Veterinarian
d. – Truck Driver
8. ....and what sort of a critter is a jaeger ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
It took one hour of exposure to produce the world's oldest-known photograph.
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1. SENSE OF SMELL
2. RUBBER BAND
3. 400 CASES OF COORS BEER
4. - a
5. the beluga whale
6. GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
7. - c
8. a sea bird
CRAP !!
Actually, it took over eight long hours.
The Bitumen Photo was taken in 1827 by a French physicist named Joseph Niepce.
He took a picture of the countryside near his home with a tarlike material that covered a
pewter plate, called Bitumen of Judea.


The photo is on display at the Gernsheim Collection in Austin, Texas.














 

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