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N9LCF > TRIVIA 09.12.18 22:13l 25 Lines 1579 Bytes #999 (0) @ USA
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Subj: TRIVIA FUN FACTS
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Sent: 181209/2026Z 6556@N9LCF.#NEIN.IN.USA.NOAM BPQ6.0.17
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades-King David; Clubs-Alexander the Great; Hearts-King Charlemagne; and diamonds-Julius Caesar.
A Russian family took a few possessions/seeds, fled into the forest as political refugees and were cut off from all human contact
for 40 years until they were discovered by a group of geologists who accidently saw their settlement from a helicopter.
There is an act called the "Read the Bills Act" which requires U.S. Congress to read the legislation before they vote on it.
It has been in limbo since 2006.
During World War II, allied fighter pilots frequently observed glowing balls of moving fire while on combat missions over
Europe. Named foo fighters, there are a number of theories on the source of the fireballs, including UFO's and ball
lightening. One explanation is that they were the air equivalent of land mines launched into the skies by the Nazis to
disrupt the pilot's plans and even interfere with the planes electronics.
A woman in Mexico performed a successful Caesarean section on herself without any medical training.
Mars Candy corp. makers of Snickers, Three Musketeers, Milky Way, Twix ect, cut the size of their candy bars by 11%.
They referred to it not as cutting size, but "cutting calories".
The first official US coin said "mind your business".
Every Purple Heart awarded by the military since 1945 is one of the 500,000 Purple Hearts manufactured in anticipation of U.S.
casualties resulting from the invasion of Japan. There are 120,000 left.
73 de N9LCF
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