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DID YOU KNOW...

The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of Chess is 318,979,564,000 .





1. The center court of the U.S. Open is named after the first black player in the U.S. Davis Cup team. Who is he?

2. There are many walled cities around the world that everyone knows about.

What is the only walled city in North America north of Mexico that still exists?

3. What is an Axiom ?

4. Rocks are classified into three categories. What are they?

5. Where in the human body is the rotator cuff located?

6. In the film "Citizen Kane" (1941) the central character was based loosely on the life of......whom ?

7. What year saw the start of the Korean Conflict ?

8. Which dinosaur's name means 'three-horned face'?



TRUTH OR CRAP ??

Urine was used in WWI in gas masks.



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1. Arthur Ashe

2. Quebec City, Canada

3. A statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.

4. Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

5. Shoulder

6. William Randolph Hearst

7. 1950

8. Triceratops



TRUTH !!

Urine was used in WWI in gas masks. The ammonia in urine was thought to neutralize the chlorine in chlorine gas. However, scientists later discovered that chlorine gas reacts with urine to produce toxic fumes.
 
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