Facts in "Other" Category
#3554 - Other Fact     2  The official time ball for the U.S. is on top of the U.S. naval Observatory in Washington, DC As early as 1845, the U.S. Navy dropped a time ball every noon from atop a building on a hill overlooking Washington, DC. People from many miles could set their watches at noon. Ships anchored in the Potomac River could check their chronometers. |
| #3555 - Other Fact -1 The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence. |
| #3556 - Other Fact 2 The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later. |
| #3557 - Other Fact 5 A lead pencil is good for about 50,000 words. |
| #3558 - Other Fact -2 1960 was the last model year for Edsel and Desoto. |
| #3559 - Other Fact -2 Woodbury Soap was the first product to show a nude woman in its advertisements. The year - 1936. The photo, by Edward Steichen, showed a rear full-length view of a woman sunbathing - wearing only sandals. |
| #3560 - Other Fact 1 The Dome is supported by 43 miles of high-strength cable which holds up 100,000 square meters of fabric. |
| #3561 - Other Fact -3 The translucent roof is 50 meters high at the center and strong enough to support a jumbo jet. |
| #3562 - Other Fact -3 The Dome could contain two Wembley Stadiums or the Eiffel Tower on its side. You could even fit the Great Pyramid of Giza inside it. |
| #3563 - Other Fact 0 St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers. |
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