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TriviaA human life in numbers

Life expectancy – 78.5 years or 2,475,576,000 seconds
Words Spoken in Lifetime - 123,205,750
Friendships –...

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ImagesHotel blooper

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AnecdotesGift Horse

While visiting the Saudi Arabian town of Hofuf to bathe in its famous hot springs one day, Ibn Saud was presented with...

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AnecdotesDickens Bascom

Dickens 44 Bascom was born on the 44th day of 1944 at 44 minutes past 4:00 am. His full name? Dickens 44 Bascom.

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Anecdotes58

One of Arthur Verrall`s students once remarked that some of their mutual friends had moved to 58 Oakley Street, adding...

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Anecdotes20-02-2002 (long)

In February 2002, Uri Geller announced that the 20th of the month would be a day of special spiritual power: the...

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Anecdotes29 - John Kruk

"You always hear about ballplayers buying numbers from other players for five figures. When this .300 lifetime hitter was...

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Anecdotes5, 16, 24, 27, 37, 44

In 1987, baseball fan Robert Heuer won $2,250,000 in the New York State lottery. His winning numbers? 5, 16, 24, 27, 37,...

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AnecdotesArnold Schoenberg: Triskaidekaphobia

The composer Arnold Schoenberg suffered from triskaidekaphobia (the fear of the number 13). Convinced that he would...

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Anecdotes13th Hole

Japanese golfer Tsuneyuki Nakajima set something of a record at the 1978 Masters by racking up 13 strokes on the par-5...

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