Total Trivia

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The idea of making people pay to use public toilets was introduced by the Roman emperor Vespasian, who instituted a 'urine tax' on public conveniences as a way of raising funds following a civil war.

 

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Susami Bay in Japan has an unusual feature: an underwater post box. Despite being submerged under 10 metres of water, the post box is used by divers, and is emptied daily by local post office staff. It was installed in 1999.

 

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The first person to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel was a 63-year-old ex-schoolteacher called Annie Edson Taylor, who - seeking fame and fortune - attempted the stunt in a custom-made barrel on October 24, 1901. She survived, became briefly famous, but never made her fortune.

 

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The 641 mile transportation network known as the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll road in the United States.

 

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New York City has 722 miles of subway track

 

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The first railroad in America ran a distance of 11 miles between Albany and Schenectady.

 

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The first Boy's Club was established in New York City in 1876

 

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Joseph C. Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857

 

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Horseheads is the first and only village in the United States dedicated to the service of the American military horse

 

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Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Olympic Parks combined

 

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Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken Jr. played against each other in Rochester vs. Pawtucket Red Sox in the longest game in baseball history. The game went a total of 33 innings.

 

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The oldest cattle ranch in the US was started in 1747 at Montauk on Long Island.

 

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Gennaro Lombardi opened the first United States pizzeria in 1895 in New York City.

 

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Sam Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy who's caricature Uncle Sam came to personify the United States is buried at Troy's Oakwood Cemetery. During the War of 1812, he stamped "U.S. Beef" on his products which soldiers interpreted the U.S. abbreviation as meaning Uncle Sam

 

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The first capital of the United States was New York City. In 1789 George Washington took his oath as president on the balcony at Federal Hall

 

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Rochester is known as both the Flour City and the Flower City. The community is home to the first abolitionist group, bloomers, marshmallows, Jell-O, French's Mustard, baby shoes, gold teeth and the mail chute

 

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About 200 thefts of nuclear material are reported each year. Most of this material is never recovered.

 

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Walking does more than driving to cause global warming, says Chris Goodall, author of "How to Live a Low-Carbon Life". He asserts that driving 3 miles would add less CO2 to the atmosphere than the CO2 generated in the process of processing the 100 grams of beef which you would need to replace the energy used to walk those same 3 miles

 

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There are 106 billionaires.

 

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Consecotaleophobia is the fear of chopsticks.

 

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Consecotaleophobia is the fear of chopsticks.

LOL! I don't know why, but I like that one

 

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With an aclaimed 175million users, more than 1 in 40 people in the world are now on Facebook. If Facebook was a country, its population would be the 6th biggest in the world (between Brazil and Pakistan). And it would be a very odd country.

 

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In Cheyenne, residents are not allowed to take showers on Wednesdays.

 

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In Jackson, Wyoming it is against the law to spit on the sidewalks or in the streets. Should you carry out this offense in front of a lady, you could be arrested and jailed for no more than three days and required to pay restitution to the woman.

 

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Wyoming has the lowest population of all 50 United States