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Trivia and Amazing Facts 16-06-15


Trivia and Amazing Facts 
  • TOURISTS, BEWARE. Tourists should be aware that photography and videotaping are not allowed inside virtually all the castles and furnished historic homes in the United Kingdom
  • The robbery phrase "Hands Up" originated in British Columbia. Bill Miner, an American known as the Gentleman Bandit, is said to have first used the phrase while robbing a Canadian Pacific Railways train in Mission Junction, British Columbia in 1904
  • Something freckled can be said to be "lentiginous"
  • Sunbeams that shine down through clouds are called crepuscular rays
  • There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos