11/10/17 Grif.Net - Odds & Ends (Trivial Pursuit)

[Robert Griffin]

Maine is the only state a one-syllable name.

 

A "jiffy" is an actual scientific unit of time: 1/100th of a second.

 

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

 

According to God (Genesis 1:20-22), the chicken came before the egg.

 

Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during World War I.

 

Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, was also assassinated.

 

The first Fords had engines made by Dodge.

 

In the great fire of 1666, half of London was burnt down but only six people were injured.

 

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Dr Bob Griffin

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