Trivia and Amazing Facts 11-02-08

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• Something that is of or based on the number twenty is said to be "vigesimal" or "vicenary."

• HOW LARGE IS THE MOON? Its diameter is 2,160 miles. The earth's diameter at the equator is 7, 926.68 miles.

• The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

• WHY DO OLD FIREHOUSES HAVE CIRCULAR STAIRCASES? Because in days of yore the horses that pulled fire engines were stabled on the ground floor of fire houses and figured how to work up straight staircases

• WAS THE CHILD WHO PLAYED LITTLE RICKY ON "I LOVE LUCY" THE SON OF LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ? No. Originally, Little Ricky was played by a doll wrapped in a blanket. Later, two six-month-old twins, Richard and Ronald Simmons, took the part, followed by three-year-old twins Michael and Joseph Mayer. The last child to play Little Ricky was Richard Keith, whose real name was Keith Thibodeaux.

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