Japanese Golfers Have Strange Insurance...Ronald Reagan Had Blueberry Jelly Bellies

You May Never Need to Know, But....

Faye Fairley
Cathy Rigby is the only woman to pose nude for Sports Illustrated. (August 1972)

The Andy Griffth Show was the first spin-off in TV history. It was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas Show.

There were no squirrels on Nantucket until 1989.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

Many Japanese golfers carry "hole-in-one" insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share one's good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an "ace." The price for what the Japanese term an "albatross" can often reach $10,000.

The correct response to the Irish greeting, "Top of the morning to you," is "And the rest of the day to yourself."

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Woodward Ave in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M-1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.

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Published by Faye Fairley

I was born a long time ago into a large family which got larger. I have been a lot of places, and done a lot of things. Currently, I am a work at home seamstress working for a large show choir costume prov...  View profile

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  • leroy coffie8/2/2010

    I actually knew something about the jellybeans and Ronald Reagan

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky8/2/2010

    That's different.

  • Debbie Gavazzi8/1/2010

    That's interesting... hole-in-one insurance. :O

  • Sue Gibson8/1/2010

    Boy, are we learning some things. Very interesting. I didn't know Andy Griffith was a spin-off.

  • James Fenelius8/1/2010

    Wonderful - I remember the original show where Sheriff Taylor locked up Danny Thomas for a traffic violation.

  • JerseyNana8/1/2010

    Good one again, Faye!

  • Okie Cuz8/1/2010

    Andy Griffith show was the best.

  • Nancy V Canfield8/1/2010

    I posed nude for Sports Illustrated....or was it Dorks Illustrated?

  • Philip Theibert8/1/2010

    I am a big Andy Griffith show - I had no idea it was a spin-off!

  • Michele Starkey8/1/2010

    Lots of 'stuff' I never knew! cheers, Faye :)

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