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September 8, 2010
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Fun Facts#4

Impress your friends with your knowledge of fascinating facts. These little-known bits of information, when presented with flair, should make you 1) the life of the party, 2) a one-minute intellectual or 3) a nerd to be ignored.

v If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

v No word in the English language rhymes with the words month, orange, silver, and purple.

v The most popular Sesame Street characters were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

v Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.