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Ten Random FactsStarring Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo" was the first TV network kids' show in the United States. CBS launched it in 1954. All cows are females; the males are called bulls. RKO stands for Radio-Keith-Orpheum, formed by the merger of RCA and the Keith-Orpheum theater chain in 1921. 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. 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. 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. If you are taking a class in pistology, you are studying faith. 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. The bite of a brown recluse spider can result in a wound so severe that it may require two months to heal. The Scottish surname McGowan is the Gaelic-derived equivalent of “Smith.” More random trivia, or select from the menu on the left to browse.
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