Amazing Facts  by Roger King 

Table of Contents

1. History
2. Science
3. Misc

History

•  Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day - the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.  Link
•  Before the Boston Tea Party, the British actually lowered tea taxes, not raised them.  Link
•  When the American Civil War started, Confederate Robert E. Lee owned no slaves. Union general U.S. Grant did.  Link
•  Josef Stalin once studied to be a priest.  Link
•  The Constitution of the Confederate States of America banned the slave trade.  Link

Science

Misc

 Mandarin is actually the most spoken language in the world, English is second.  Link

Is Snopes.com infallible?  by Drew Zahn  March 9, 2009   Millions of Americans, including national leaders, who rely on the popular online hoax-buster Snopes.com as the ultimate authority in separating truth from fiction, may be surprised to learn that behind the Wizard's curtain is just a husband and wife doing research on their own.

In fact, Snopes, routinely cited by many as the final word on both frivolous and important stories, is not the well-staffed think tank of researchers, journalists and computer hacks one might expect – but rather, the work of David and Barbara Mikkelson, living in a Los Angeles suburb.

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