Trivia
Stature in Washington
At the time of its construction, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world.
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is incomplete. Artist Gutzon Borglum had planned to sculpt the four presidents from head to waist, but he died before he could finish the job.
There She Is
Miss America by hair color, 1921-2003:
- Brunettes: 70 percent
- Blondes: 24 percent
- Redheads: 6 percent
Waiter!
Celebrities saved by the Heimlich maneuver:
- Ronald Reagan
- Ed Koch
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Goldie Hawn
- Cher
- Walter Matthau
- Carrie Fisher
- Dick Vitale
- John Chancellor
- Jack Lemmon
Plus Permits
In today’s dollars, the Taj Mahal cost more than $500 million.
I Do
On Aug. 10, 2003, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko became the first person to be married in space.
He was in the international space station, 240 miles over New Zealand, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas.
A Common Theme
Deaths of selected Burmese kings:
- Uzana (1254): Trampled to death by an elephant
- Minrekyawswa (1417): Crushed to death by an elephant
- Razadarit (1423): Died while lassoing elephants
- Tabinshweti (1551): Beheaded while searching for an elephant
Draw your own conclusions.
Lost and Found
Up to 2,000 people a year lose their coats in Grand Central Station.
Seeing Double
“Dear Abby” and Ann Landers were identical twins.
They even had a joint wedding ceremony in 1939.