Trivia For You Tuesday November 10, 2009 |
In the 1931 Rose Bowl game, "Five-Yard" Fogerty carried 25 times and gained exactly 5 yards on each carry. It was in that game that teammates celebrated the oddity of Fogerty's achievement by slapping palms – this practice is now known as exchanging "high fives." The results of that game were Alabama, 24, Washington State, 0. Fogerty played one year of professional football before breaking his leg in a skiing accident. He became a bank president in Wichita, Kansas. Sadly, he died five days before his retirement. |
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The shrew is known to eat up to its own weight about every three hours. Deprived of nutrition for a day, it may starve to death. |
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The words CHOICE COD read the same when held in front of a mirror upside-down. This also applies to the word DIOXIDE. |
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The world's first underground railway, between Paddington (Bishop's Road) and Farringdon Street - with trains hauled by steam engines - was opened by the Metropolitan Railway on January 10th 1863. The initial section was six km (nearly four miles) in length, and provided both a new commuter rail service and an onward rail link for passengers arriving at Paddington, Euston and King's Cross main line stations to the City of London. |
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Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to have plumbing installed in his house, in 1840. |
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