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Good morning world here
I am on another Monday morning sitting here in lightweight long pants
and a summer tee shirt and yes it is cold here only 7 degrees when I
got up now it is around 9 or 10 degrees but I am hot again.
Well here are this
weeks did you know facts.
It
took 214 crates to ship the Statue of Liberty from France to New York
in 1885
The
beam of light from the top of The Luxor hotel & casino in Las
Vegas was the most powerful in the world being the equivalent of 40
billion candles the beam was visible to aeroplanes from a distance of
250 miles.
Superman
first appeared lifting a car on the cover of “action comic” in
1938, originally he couldn't fly just leap tall buildings but h his
super powers have increased over time.
The
fattest ever footballer was Willie Henry Foulke, an English
goalkeeper who weighed in at 26 stone or 16 kilos his nickname was
“Fatty”
There
was around 20 million Volkswagen Bettles made
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There was around 20 million Volkswagen Beetles made - I used to have one!
ReplyDeleteMy dad had a beetle when they came over to the US when we were kids. Loved that little car. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jo-Anne - I had an orange beetle in South Africa - it did me proud ... take care - Hilary
ReplyDeleteFun facts. I never owned a beetle but I did go from Sydney to Brisbane in one as a passenger in the squeezy back seat.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting.
ReplyDeleteA cousin had a Beetle...was fun.
At that weight the only other position he could have played was pitch roller
ReplyDeleteI always learn something when I visit your blog, Jo-Anne,
ReplyDeleteSandie.....So did my parents
ReplyDeleteRita.....Many did
Hilary.......Orange, how cool
Diane B.......That's a long trip in a squeezy seat
Margaret D.......Pleased you liked the post
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Chris......So bloody true
Rick....You are welcome