Here's your (not so) totally useless fact(s) of the day:

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William Phelps Eno, the inventor of the stop sign, the pedestrian crosswalk, the one-way street, the taxi stand, and the pedestrian safety island, never learned how to drive.

James

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In the early 1900s, Marshall Field's department store hired scapegoats, more commonly known as "fired men," whom they fired as part of a charade to appease angry customers.

James

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In 2015, inmates from Eastern New York Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, beat Harvard's debate team in a competitive debate.

James

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A single banana is called a finger,  and a whole bunch is called a hand.

Thanks Mike!

James

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In 1891, Chicago challenged all engineers to build a structure that would be better than The Eiffel Tower. The winning engineer proposed a giant rotating wheel that would lift visitors high above the city. The inventor's name was George Ferris. I knew a George Ferris (he was friends with my grandma)

James

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Wine glasses today are seven times larger than they were in the 1700s.

Bunch of alcoholics  ?

James

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In 1994, Dave Grohl recorded an entire album on his own—sing and playing almost every instrument—and used the name "Foo Fighters" to hide his identity. After getting a record deal, Grohl needed members to play the songs live. Thus,
the Foo Fighters were formed.

James

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“Snake Island” is an island off the coast of Brazil that's estimated to have one snake per every square meter. Home to the extremely deadly and also highly endangered golden lancehead viper, the island is completely off-limits to humans. Wikipedia

James

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Libation, the practice of pouring out a drink in memory of the deceased, was common in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Humans have been "pouring one out for the homies" for more than 4,500 years.

James

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In 1916, a constitutional amendment was proposed to Congress that would have put all acts of war to a national vote. Anyone who voted in favor of war would also have to volunteer for service in the army.

James

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In the original 'Wizard of Oz' novel, Dorothy's slippers were silver, not ruby red. The shoes were made red for the movie adaptation to take advantage of the new Technicolor film technology at the time.

James

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The Green Bay Packers got their name in 1919 after the Indian Packing Company gave the team $500 to buy equipment.

James

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The Bicycle playing card company gave cards with hidden maps to prisoners of war in Germany during World War II. The cards were delivered as 'Christmas presents,' and revealed escape routes when soaked in water. Link

James

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At 3:30 AM on December 06, 2016, NYC Uber driver Noah Forman allegedly drove through 240 consecutive green lights before hitting a red one.

Now that is a good day. LOL. Here’s the news report and video.

James

ps: I've done this also, obviously not 240 lights, but quite a number of them!! You have to drive a certain speed limit and I believe you can drive from one end of Manhattan to the other!! Of course there has to be very light traffic otherwise forget about it!! ?

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Photoshop was invented to create the liquid metal effects in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."

James

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Ice cubes look white due to oxygen and other impurities. If the water is boiled before it's frozen, the resulting ice cubes will be clear.

James

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Before 1933, new U.S. presidents took office on March 4 instead of January 20, since it took longer to travel to the capital in those days.

James

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Before Gmail, “G-Mail” was the name of a free email service offered by Garfield’s website. It gave you a name@catsrule.garfield.com email address.
This is what it looked like.

I wanted to share something pretty interesting. Thank you Greg!!

Emergency Broadband Benefit

The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households. You can read about it on the FCC site and how to apply!

James

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Movie previews were originally shown at the end of a film, trailing the main feature. This is why they’re called “trailers”.

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In 1997, 14 year old student Nathan Zohner was able to convince 43 out of 50 classmates to vote to ban “Dihydrogen Monoxide” for his science fair project. His project aimed to prove that the use of true facts can lead the ignorant public to false conclusions. He won first place.

Read the History section on the Wikipedia page.

James

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In 1939, on the eve of WWII, a young British stockbroker named Nicholas Winton risked his life to save 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust by helping them make it safely to Britain. He never spoke of it until his wife found a scrapbook 50 years later, with the names, photos, and documents of all of the kids he saved.

In 1988, Nicholas was invited to be a guest on a program called “That’s Life!” and had no idea many of the kids he saved would be there.

Here is the must watch video!

James

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AriZona Iced Tea has always cost 99 cents since it was released in 1992. The price has never changed.

James

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The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall.

James

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A Chinese millionaire named Xiong Shuihua decided to tear down old huts in the village where he grew up and replace them with luxury flats. Then he gave the keys to the residents for free.

Pics and article

James

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The word "crisp" starts at the back of your mouth and ends at the front. and how many just said it  ?

James