Useless trivia and facts

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you could ice skate on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, which is covered in ice. An Axel jump would take you 22 feet in the air!

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Our modern interpretation of Santa Claus with a red outfit and white beard is due in large part to holiday Coca-Cola ads that began in 1931.

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Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, wasn't the first to introduce Christmas trees to Britain from his native Germany—Queen Charlotte did that in the early 1800s. But, Victoria and Albert are credited with popularizing the custom in the mid-1800s.

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The White House in Washington, DC, has 132 rooms, including 35 bathrooms.

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Buckingham Palace in London, England, has 775 rooms, including 78 bathrooms

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It takes 570 gallons to paint the exterior of the White House.

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The teddy bear is named after President Theodore Roosevelt. After he refused to shoot a captured black bear on a hunt, a stuffed animal maker decided to create a bear and named it after the president.

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Lincoln Logs were created by John Lloyd Wright, son of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the 1920s. They were named after Abraham Lincoln, who grew up in a log cabin.

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Play-Doh started out as a wallpaper cleaner before the head of the struggling company realized the non-toxic material made a good modeling clay for children and rebranded it.

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In the 1940s, a retired schoolteacher came up with Candyland to entertain children who were hospitalized from polio. Because its color system required no reading, young kids could easily play.