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  • Robert Kennedy was killed in the Ambassador Hotel, the same hotel that housed the first modeling agency to employ Marilyn Monroe.
  • The citrus soda 7-Up was created in 1929: “7″ was selected because the original containers were seven ounces. “Up” indicated the direction of the bubbles.
  • Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
  • The Grand Canyon remained undiscovered until 1869
  • A wind with a speed of seventy-four miles per hour or more is designated a hurricane.
  • Each King in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades-King David; clubs-Alexander the Great; hearts-Charlemagne; and diamonds-Julius Caesar.