41 Random Bits of Trivia to Comb Over Your Brain’s Bald Spot

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41 Random Bits of Trivia to Comb Over Your Brain’s Bald Spot

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Poop on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford will be vaporized.

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Wine vintage is for when the grapes were picked, not when the wine was bottled.

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