Todays post is just a small part of the never-ending list of interesting and at times obscure facts that continue to make their way to my archives. As always the answers will be listed below. See how you do this week . . .

• What famous American poet was a West Point cadet? Who was he and how did he fare?

• Ernest Hemingway believed all American literature comes from one novel, Name It!

• Which of the 13 original states was the last to ratify the Constitution?

• Which of the Great Lakes does not border on Canada?

• Which nation was the first to give women the right to vote?

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• When was the modern day brassiere invented?

• The Galapagos Islands belong to what country?

• Where did the Doobie Brothers get their name?

• Name the epic classic movie that won the Academy Award without having any female speaking roles?

• From the I Love Lucy program . . . what was Lucy’s maiden name?

An Extra FAV that always makes me smile . . .

What White House fixture had to be replaced due to President William Howard Taft? A new and larger bathtub was installed after the President became stuck in the old one due to his size (big butt). It took six men to extricate him.

Answers

Edgar Allen Poe lasted 8 months before being court-martialed and dismissed in 1831, Mark Twain’s – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Rhode Island, Lake Michigan, New Zealand in 1893, In 1914 by Mary Phelps Jacob a New York Socialite, They are a province of Ecuador, “Doobie” slang for a marijuana cigarette, Lawrence of Arabia, MacGillicuddy.

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