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Gary O's Trivia

By GARY OLSON
Your World Report

1) The first product to have a bar code on its package was Wrigley’s gum.
2) An ant can lift 50 times its own weight, which is equivalent to a human being pulling a 10-ton trailer.
3) A bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds.
4) Thermometers were originally filled with brandy instead of mercury.
5) Playing cards were originally invented by the Chinese.

So what are YOU scared of? 
Do you have a fear of water. You my friend and 1913 movie star Fatty Arbuckle have Hydrophobia!


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