Things You Might Not Know...

Q. How much money did President Abraham Lincoln have in his pockets when he was assassinated?
A. Five dollars in Confederate currency

Q. What is the longest word in the English language that contains just one vowel?
A. Strengths

Q. What was the first newspaper to publish a railroad timetable?
A. Baltimore American, in 1830

Q. Who was the first person to water ski?
A. Ralph Samuelson, in 1922

Q. Who was the first person to take his shirt off on television?
A. Henry Morgan, in 1946

Q. What was the selling price of the first electric blanket?
A. $39.50. It was made and sold in 1946.

Q. What is the only city in the United States that is spelled using only vowels?
A. Aiea, in Hawaii

Q. Who was the only person to be a U.S. Senator-elect, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. President-elect at the same time?
A. James A. Garfield

Q. Who was the first female reporter to interview a president of the United States?
A. Anne Royall. She interviewed President John Quincy Adams.

Q. What was the first theater in the United States to hire female ushers?
A. Majestic Theater, in New York City, in 1903