This week's list is 13 things you might not know. Once you read it, you will know everything I know.
1. The book "Gadsby" written in 1939 by Earnest Wright does not contain a single word with the letter "e" in it. This is it: Gadsby
2. The heart of a blue whale is the size of an automobile.
3. Earth is the only planet not named after a God.
4. The metal can was invented 48 years before the can opener. Instructions on early cans called for a hammer and chisel.
5. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi never won a Nobel Peace Prize but Yasser Arafat did.
6. Istanbul Turkey is the only city in the world that is located on two continents.
7. Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. In some Spanish dialects, Colgate means "go hang yourself."
8. The Olympic, Titanic's sister ship, sailed the seas for 25 years.
9. The snap made by the tip of a bullwhip results from exceeding the speed of sound. It is a tiny sonic boom.
10. Watermelon, which is 92% water originated from the Kalahari Desert in Africa
11. The name Thailand literally means "land of the free." It is the only southeast Asian country to never be occupied and ruled by a European power.
12. Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world
13. The hymn "Amazing Grace" was written by a slave ship captain
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