Bet You Didn�t Know, Trivia by Peary Perry, 9-10-2010. (original) (raw)

If you were playing the board game �Clue� in Switzerland, the playing piece we know as Colonel Mustard would be known as Madame Curry. Thought you�d want to know.

Test your friends��What city in the United States is not located within a state.� Why Washington D.C. of course.

Abraham Lincoln wore a size 14 shoe.

A star explosion is known as a Nova, light from the star at the time of the explosion becomes 10,000 times brighter.

Glenn Miller was the first musician to win a gold record. It happened in February of 1942 after sales of his song�.�Chattanooga Choo Choo� climbed past the 1,000,000 mark.

The first gold album went to the Broadway production of � Oklahoma� in 1949. By 1956 this one had sold over 1.75 million albums.

In 1st Kings, 12:11. King Rehoboam tells the people of his nation that he will discipline them using scorpions. This was before Civil Rights.

� Peary Perry
Bet You Didn�t Know

- A Treasure Trove of Trivia
September 10, 2010 column
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