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1. Halloween will next fall on a full moon in 2020.
2. The Great London Fire of 1666 destroyed over 13,000 homes and 87 churches and yet only six people are known to have died.
3. Author Ian Fleming named his most famous character after the renowned ornithologist James Bond.
4. The literacy rate among women in the war ravaged country of Somalia is only 26 percent.
5. A 170 pound man would have to run 2.5 miles to burn the 273 calories in one Snickers Bar.
6. The study of flags is called vexillology.
7. While running the bases for his 755 home runs, Hank Aaron ran 51.5 miles.
8. The 2004 Boston Marathon had 59 finishers that were over 70 years old!
9. The Colorado Rockies play home games at 5,280 feet Coors Field. The second highest ball park is in Phoenix where the diamondbacks play at only 1,090 ft.
10. Captain James Cook called what is now Tonga “The Friendly Islands”.
11. The median value of a house in San Francisco is $647,000.
12. Larry Page, the Billionaire co-founder of Google is only 31 years old.
13. Gold will turn to a gas at just over 5000 degrees F.
14. On July 22, 1964 the low temperature at the South Pole was negative 113°F.
15. The Tallest Building in Miami is 444 feet higher than the highest “mountain” in Florida.
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John M. Bernhisel is a teacher, librarian and entrepreneur and lives in Wyoming with his wife and four children. His claim to fame is that he has thrown up on four continents.
