Miscellaneous

Bizarre Fact #301:
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The Nike "swoosh" logo was designed by University of Oregon student Carolyn Davidson in 1964, four years after business undergraduate Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman founded the company they originally called Blue Ribbon Sports. Ms. Davidson was paid $35 dollars for her design.

Bizarre Fact #302:
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The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in its name as its meaning.

Bizarre Fact #303:
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The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

Bizarre Fact #304:
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The numbers on opposite sides of a die always add up to 7.

Bizarre Fact #305:
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The official soft drink of the state of Nebraska - Kool-Aid.

Bizarre Fact #306:
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The official time ball for the U.S. is on top of the U.S. naval Observatory in Washington, DC As early as 1845, the U.S. Navy dropped a time ball every noon from atop a building on a hill overlooking Washington, DC. People from many miles could set their watches at noon. Ships anchored in the Potomac River could check their chronometers.

Bizarre Fact #307:
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The orange things that crossing guards, construction and high way workers, etc. wear is called a retroreflective vest, or "International Orange".

Bizarre Fact #308:
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The original IBM punch-card is the same size as a Civil War era dollar bill.

Bizarre Fact #309:
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The Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, has nearly 68,000 miles of telephone lines.

Bizarre Fact #310:
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The Pentagon is twice the size of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and has three times the floor space of the Empire State Building in New York. It is one of the world's largest office buildings.