Monday, April 30, 2007

Alan Rock's Trivia

The largest real estate deal in history occured on April 30, 1803. What was it? A: The Louisiana Purchase. The U.S. paid Napoleon $25 million for French territory west of the Mississippi -- that's 13 states at four cents an acre. And if you think Napoleon was dumb, what about all the congressmen he had to bribe to make the deal?

What was the first toy advertised on television? A: Mr. Potato Head. It happened on April 30, 1952.

At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the sixth of May this year, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07/. This will never happen again.

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