The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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The four presidential heads of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt were sculpted on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota by Gutzon Borglum who had completed a colossal bas-relief of Confederate heroes on the face of Stone Mountain in Georgia. Work began in the summer of 1927 and dragged on for 14 years, its cost escalating to $1 million. He died in 1941 shortly before it was completed. His son oversaw the final work.

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Thomas Marshall (1854-1925), U.S. Vice-President, once remarked "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar." Will Rogers (1879-1935), American Humorist retorted "Our country has plenty of good five-cent cigars, but the trouble is they charge fifteen cents for them."

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Adolph Hitler had a half brother named Alois Hitler, he owned a bar in Germany that was frequented by prominent Nazi officials. Alois would never share his opinion on Adolph because he was afraid Adolph would revoke his liquor license!

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Adolf Hitler had some Jewish heritage in him. His great great grandmother was Jewish who was a maid.

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Hitler ordered tanks to be made in Michigan and told the company to not worry about sending them to Germany, he'd 'pick them up on his way through Detroit.

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"Quisling," which is used to describe a traitor, was the name of Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian fascist and supporter of Adolf Hitler, who was appointed Führer of Norway in World War II. Arrested in 1945, Quisling was so despised, Norway broke with their centuries-old policy against capital punishment and executed him.

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Hitler's 3rd grade report from his teacher remarked that Hitler was...'bad tempered and fancied himself as a leader.'

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Adolf Hitler was fascinated by hands. In his library there was a well-thumbed book containing pictures and drawings of hands belonging to famous people throughout history. He liked particularly to show his guests how closely his own hands resembled those of Frederick the Great, one of his heroes.

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The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

I wonder why . . .

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Hitler was voted Time Magazines man of the year in 1938

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Adolph Hitler kept a framed photograph of Henry Ford on his desk and Ford kept one of Hitler on his desk in Dearborn, Michigan. Hitler had used in 'Mein Kampf' some of Fords anti-semitic views, and he always welcomed Ford's contributions to the Nazi movement.

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Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway when he was 18-she was 24. Six months later Elizabeth, their first daughter, was born. It was not unusual in those days for 'shotgun weddings'.

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All Uranus' satelites are named after Shakespearean characters.

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The average American's vocabulary is around 10,000 words - 15,000 if you are REALLY smart. Shakespeare had a vocabluary of over 29,000 words

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Although universally regarded as a genius, William Shakespeare was the son of a globemaker and was given only an average education. Always intensely curious about the world around him, Shakespeare would later rely on scenes remembered from his childhood, common country customs and superstitions, fairs and other popular entertainments as raw material for his plays.