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Trivia and Amazing Facts [16-3-17]


Trivia and Amazing Facts 
  • The term "hung jury," a jury that cannot agree on a verdict, was coined in the 1840s
  • The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns
  • In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated."Hagiology" is the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of saints
  • A cluster of fireworks that revolve is called a "girandole"
  • The U.S. Coast Guard motto, semper paratus, means "always prepared"