Miscellaneous
Bizarre Fact #181:
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In order to sell his sets of Shakespeare door-to-door, David McConnell offered free perfume to his customers. He realized the perfume was more popular and began selling cosmetics door-to-door. This began the company that grew into Avon. Bizarre Fact #182:
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In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.' Bizarre Fact #183:
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In the Catholic church, St. Gabriel, an archangel, is the patron saint of telecommunications. Bizarre Fact #184:
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In the early 1880's some well-to-do telephone owners started the unusual trend of paying to have a theatre employee hold a telephone receiver backstage, transmitting live plays and operas into their living rooms. Bizarre Fact #185:
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In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?" Bizarre Fact #186:
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In the first month of the Bell Telephone Company's existence in 1877, only six telephones were sold. Bizarre Fact #187:
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In the game Monopoly, the most money you can lose in one travel around the board (normal game rules, going to jail only once) is $26,040. The most money you can lose in one turn is $5070. Bizarre Fact #188:
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In the kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become a year older on New Year's Day. Bizarre Fact #189:
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In the name of art, Chris Burden arranged to be shot by a friend while another person photographed the event. He sold the series of pictures to an art dealer. He made $1750 on the deal, but his hospital bill was $84,000. Bizarre Fact #190:
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In the UPC, the lines—the Universal Product Code—hold 11 numbers, each of which is a code that describes the product. The size, weight, and manufacturer or distributor, for example, are each represented by a number. The numbers are in the form that computers can read, 0's (black lines) and 1's (white lines).
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