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Fast facts:
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Multiply 37,037 by any single number (1-9), then multiply that number by 3. Every digit in the answer will be the same as that first single number.
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If you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111, you get 12,345,678,987,654,321.
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"Zorro" means "fox" in Spanish.
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"Floccinaucinihilipilification" which means "the act of estimating as worthless" is the longest non-medical word in the English language; it's 29 letters long.
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The letter "I" is used exactly 109 times in Act IV of Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
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In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.
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The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "shah mat," which means: "The king is dead."
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On this date:
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In 1656, the first Jewish doctor in the United States, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrived in Maryland.
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In 1839, Charles Darwin was elected as a member of the Royal Society.
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In 1902, Denmark sold the Virgin Islands to the United States.
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In 1922, the Eskimo Pie was patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa. He was not an Eskimo.
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In 1924, the Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad.
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In 1962, Jackie Robinson became the first black person elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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In 1984, Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its Macintosh personal computer.
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In 1994, the Dow Jones closed above 3,900 for the first time (3,914.48).
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Quotable...
"We promised to improve customer service and I'm delighted to say we're continuing to report, quarter after quarter, improvements in these services,"
- Qwest Communications President Afshin Mohebbi said yesterday about the company's promise to improve relations with its many disgruntled customers.
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