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| John Wayne | | True Grit (1969) |
Holds the record for the actor with the most leading parts - 142. In all but 11 films he played the leading part. Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, by President Jimmy Carter in 1980.
| Iguanidae | | True Iguanas |
| Ever True To Brown | | Brown University |
| The Lone Ranger's Horse Was Silver | | True |
Debut WXYZ on Detroit radio January 30, 1933.
| John Travolta's Mother Was in 'Saturday Night Fever' | | True |
Had a cameo as a woman in the hardware store, waiting for her paint.
| In 1992, Canada Cancelled All Its Beauty Pageants | | True |
The reason given at that time was that they were degrading to women
| The Moon is Larger in Surface Area Than the United States | | True |
The moon has a surface area approximately equal to North and South America combined
| The Shock of an Electric Eel Can Knock a Man Down | | True |
The electric eel of South America can generate over 600 volts and can paralyse a horse.
| Almonds Are Part of the Peach Family | | True |
The peach and the almond are relatives! Other members of this family include, apples, pears, olives, cherries, and apricots. This family is known as the "Rosacea" family. Rosacea means "Rose family."
| Natural Propane Gas Has No Odour | | True |
A smell is added artificially for safety, so people know when they have a gas leak.
| More Than 1.5 Million People Die Each Year from Malaria | | True |
The tiny mosquito is credited with so many deaths throughout the ages. More than all wars put together. More than all pandemics and epidemics put together. Incredible.
| In Ancient Mesopotamia They Had a Goddess of Beer | | True |
Her name is Siris and her priestesses brewed beer (possibly as part of a ritual??).
| Easter Was Called Pesach by Early Christians | | True |
It is a Hebrew name for Passover.
| Chocolate Was Used As Medicine During the 18th Century | | True |
It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache
| Aside from His Knowledge of Martial Arts and Weaponry, Batman is a Common Human, Not a Super Human. | | True |
| Crust is the Name Given to the Earth’s Hard Outer Shell | | True |
Earth’s crust occupies less than 1% of Earth’s volume
| You Can Judge the Age of a Tree Which Has Been Felled by Counting Its Rings | | True |
The only way to make to make reasonable estimates of tree ages
| In Spit Bergen, Norway at One Time of the Year the Sun Shines Continuously for Three and a Half Months | | True |
| Lightning Can Reach Temperatures Hotter Than the Surface of the Sun | | True |
The air near a lightning strike is heated around 50,000 degrees F
| Tandem is a Bicycle for Two People | | True |
Patents related to the tandem bicycles date for the late 1800s
| The Chinese Used Tea As Money | | True |
It was pressed into bricks and used as currency
| Like a Virgin, True Blue, Bedtime Stories | | Albums by Madonna |
Others include The Immaculate Collection, Erotica, Something To Remember and the Evita Soundtrack
| In Hawaii It is Illegal to Get a Tattoo Behind Your Ear or on Your Eyelid Unless in the Presence of a Registered Physician | | True |
| The Toucan Must Juggle Its Food Before Swallowing It. | | True |
Because its tongue is too short for its beak.
| At the Pasadena Playhouse, Gene Hackman and Classmate Dustin Hoffman Were Voted the Two Least Likely to Succeed. | | True |
| Strangeray Springs Cattle Station in South Australia is the Largest Ranch in the World. | | True |
It's area, 30,029 square kilometres, and is only slightly smaller than Belgium.
| Theodore Roosevelt's Wife and Mother Both Died on Valentine's Day | | True |
February 14, 1884
| In New Mexico, It is Against the Law to Ship Horned Toads out of the State. | | True |
They are a protected species.
| John Wayne | | True Grit |
Best Actor - Drama, 1969
| Marshall Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn | | True Grit (1969) |
Won Oscar for Best Actor
| Charlotte's Web | | "It is Not Often That Someone Comes Along Who is a True Friend and a Good Writer. Charlotte Was Both." |
E. B. White
| Trubies | | True Blood |