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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 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.
| 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.
| Easter Was Called Pesach by Early Christians | | True |
It is a Hebrew name for Passover.
| On Average, Americans Eat One Hundred Acres of Pizza a Day | | True |
This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second
| 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 Berlin You Would Find the Brandenburg Gate | | True |
Was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II to represent peace
| In Spit Bergen, Norway at One Time of the Year the Sun Shines Continuously for Three and a Half Months | | True |
| Serendipity is a Lucky Accident | | True |
The word derives from an old Persian fairy tale, and was coined by Horace Walpole on 1754
| 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
| You Will Be Fined 1 Dollar for Each Act of Public Swearing in West Virgina | | True |
Profane swearing and drunkenness: penalty.
| 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 American League of Physical Culture Was the First Nudist Organization in the United States. | | 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 |