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The first winter Olympic gold medal winner was Charles Jewtraw of the United States, who won the 500-meter speed-skating event in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Back then, the games were known officially as "International Sports Week."
1. who is director jason gould's mom?
2. how many weeks was the santana/rob thomas hit, "smooth" stay at the top of the charts?
3. how many of our presidents held PhD's?
4. what position did baseball great ted williams play?
5. the cyber-word "blog" is short for what?
6. what organization do mobsters refer to as "uncle sugar"?
7. fill in the blank;
in the 60's if you wanted a diet shake, you drank metrecal; if you wanted to bulk up, you drank it's counterpart, ______!
8. what role made jay silverheels well known?

TRUTH OR CRAP ??
the toothpick was first used in america at union oyster house in boston, the oldest restaurant in the USA in continuous operation.
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1. BARBARA STREISAND
2. twelve (nine weeks?)
3. ONE ( !! )
4. LEFT FIELD
5. WEB LOG
6. THE F.B.I.
7. NUTRIMENT
8. TONTO

TRUTH !!
in the mid-1800's, charles forster of maine imported toothpicks, which could only be found in brazil. he hired harvard students to eat at restaurants in boston and demand toothpicks in order to drum up business.
union oyster house, established in 1826, was the first to carry them.
by 1860, the demand was so great that forster developed his own toothpick-making machinery and began turning out over a million toothpicks an hour at his factory in strong, maine.
 

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