Fact of the Day (13)

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Jimi Hendrix’s tombstone has a Fender Stratocaster carved on it.

Fact of the Day (12)

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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Random Fact of the Day (11)

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It took 47 days before someone realized that a Matisse painting in the MoMA was hung upside down! (in 1961)

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first artists in 1986. These are the first inductees: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley.

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Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd"- first used in "If I Ran the Zoo" (1950)
"And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo/And Bring Back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo/A Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!"

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Best-Selling Toys of the 80's by year:
1980: Rubiks cube
1981: Lego Train
1982: BMX bikes
1983: My Little Pony
1984: Care Bears
1985: Transformers
1986: Panini Football stickers
1987: Rubiks magic (follow-up to the cube)
1988: Ghostbusters toys
1989: Batman toys

Fact of the Day (7)

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The mouth is full of bacteria. When two people kiss, they exchange between 10 million and 1 billion bacteria. Awwww. Happy Valentine's Everyone!

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4,000 Koala's die a year from cars or dogs. Really?

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Martha Washington loved her afternoon Toddy's. In the 1790's happy hour started at 3pm and continued until dinner time. Let's bring back that tradition.

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There are 86,400 seconds in a day. Or as Liv Tyler says in Empire Records, "there;s 24 usable hours in a day."

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When a baby kangaroo (joey) is born it's about the size of a bee. Bonus: it will stay inside its mothers pouch for 5 months!

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You can not dream and snore at the same time.

Random Fact of the Day (1)

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When snakes are born with two heads they fight each other for food. Huh.