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[FONT=&quot]Trivia[/FONT][FONT=&quot] 1/5[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]DID YOU KNOW...[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Milky Way galaxy is 105,700 light-years wide.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]1. In Harry Chapin's classic song "Taxi", the narrator picks up an old flame[/FONT][FONT=&quot] from years before in his taxi cab. What is the address she wants to be taken to?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. Queen's "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", which have become[/FONT][FONT=&quot] sports arena standards, are part of which Heath Ledger movie's soundtrack?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. How old was John Lennon when he was murdered ?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4. Saturday Morning Dept;[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]As "Shoeshine Boy," he was just a mild mannered nobody, but in reality he[/FONT][FONT=&quot] was what crime fighting superhero?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] a.- Purple[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] b. - Peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] c. - Puppets[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] d. - Parents- in- law[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6. What is wrong with the title of the Academy Award winning movie, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7. What distinctive flavor is shared by the liquors Sambuca, Ouzo and Pastis?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8. The country of New Zealand is perhaps more famous than the province of Zeeland after which it is named. In which colonizing nation would you find Zeeland? [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]TRUTH OR CRAP ??[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]George Crum, a cook at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs, was trying to[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]appease an unhappy customer on August 24, 1853.The customer kept sending[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]back his French-fried potatoes, complaining that they were too thick, too[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"soggy", or not salted enough.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Frustrated, Crum sliced several potatoes extremely thin, fried them to a[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]crisp, and seasoned them with extra salt. To his surprise, the customer[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]loved them. They soon came to be called "Saratoga Chips", a name that[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]persisted into the mid-twentieth century. Thus, Potato Chips were invented.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]1. 16 Parkside Lane[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. : A Knight's Tale[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. Forty Years Old[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4. Underdog[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. - b[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6. Cuckoos don't build nests.......[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7. Anise[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8. The Netherlands[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]CRAP !![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The earliest known potato chip recipe is found in William Kitchiner's[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]cookbook The Cook's Oracle, published in 1817. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot].....The above tale is true, up to the phrase, “ Thus, Potato Chips were invented.” ...[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
 
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