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Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
History

The glue of a barnacle can not be dissolved with strong acids or temperatures set as high as 440 degrees Fahrenheit.
Animals

U.S. Army doctor D.W. Bliss had the unique role of attending to two U.S. presidents after they were shot by assassins. In 1865, he was one of 16 doctors who tried to save Abraham Lincoln; in 1881, Bliss supervised the care of James Garfield.
People

MGM film bathing beauty and box-office darling Esther Williams arrived on the Hawaiian island Kauai to film the musical, "Pagan Love Song,"(1950) co-starring Howard Keel, Rita Moreno, and Philip Costa. Overall, this film was fairly routine, but in it, Williams performed her first salt water swimming ballet. Williams was a great swimming athlete who had qualified for three events in the 1940 Olympics, only to have them cancelled by World War II.
Entertainment » Movies

Other than sleeping, men and women differ on what is their favorite thing to do in bed. Of the men polled, the top response was to have sex at 50 percent; for women, only 20 percent responded the same. Women would prefer to read (23 percent), whereas men put books at just 11 percent.
People

Candy made from pieces of barrel cactus was outlawed in the United States in 1952 to protect the species.
Laws and Customs

Millipedes do not have eyes.
Animals » Insects

The voltage of most car batteries is 12 volts.
Surveys

A deltiologist collects postcards.
Words and Numbers » Word Roots

Nabisco uses more than 37 million pounds of chocolate a year to make Chips Ahoy! cookies. Every kid in America could have a solid 8-ounce chocolate bunny for that amount of chocolate.
Statistics

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