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Starring Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo" was the first TV network kids' show in the United States. CBS launched it in 1954.
Entertainment » Television

All cows are females; the males are called bulls.
Animals

RKO stands for Radio-Keith-Orpheum, formed by the merger of RCA and the Keith-Orpheum theater chain in 1921.
Entertainment

The age recorded on a whiskey bottle refers to the number of years it is aged prior to being bottled. Once in the bottle, whiskey does not improve.
Food and Drink

Our Sun burns 9 million tons of gas a second. At this rate, it has been estimated it will burn out in another 10 billion years.
Space

Secure, relatively high-yielding stocks came to be called blue chips, a term taken from the game of poker, where blue chips are more valuable than white or red chips.
Words and Numbers

If you are taking a class in pistology, you are studying faith.
Words and Numbers

The heaviest flighted birds in the world are the great bustard at 40 pounds, the trumpeter swan at 37 pounds, the mute swan at 36 pounds, the albatross at 34 pounds and the whooper swan at 34 pounds.
Animals

The bite of a brown recluse spider can result in a wound so severe that it may require two months to heal.
Animals » Insects

The Scottish surname McGowan is the Gaelic-derived equivalent of “Smith.”
People

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