Facts in "Other" Category
#3544 - Other Fact     0  - Kinara: The Candleholder |
| #3545 - Other Fact -4 - Kikombe Cha Umoja: The Unity Cup |
| #3546 - Other Fact -13 - Zawadi: Gifts |
| #3547 - Other Fact -1 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived by author Robert May in 1939. Two other names he thought of before deciding on Rudolph were Reginald and Rollo. |
| #3548 - Other Fact -1 Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895. The idea for using electric Christmas lights came from an American, Ralph E. Morris. The new lights proved safer than the traditional candles. |
| #3549 - Other Fact 1 The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo. |
| #3550 - Other Fact 0 According to Scientific American magazine: if you live in the northern hemisphere, odds are that every time you fill your lungs with air at least one molecule of that air once passed thru Socrates lungs. |
| #3551 - Other Fact 4 It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. |
| #3552 - Other Fact 0 The U.S. Library of Congress has compiled a 232-source bibliography on the subject of when, properly speaking, centuries roll over. Almost all of the sources agree that the twentieth century will not end until December 31, 2000. |
| #3553 - Other Fact 1 The Times Square "time ball" is named the "Star of Hope". It was specially made for this year and contains 504 glass crystals cut into triangles, 600 light bulbs, 96 big lights, and 92 mirrors. |
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