1. The name of the game YAHTZEE is derived from the yacht on which its Canadian inventors first played it.
2. The first modern ATM was built by IBM in 1972 for a London bank.
3. In composing the original piano version of his Hungarian Rhapsodies, Franz Liszt deliberately made them so difficult to play that only he could perform them.
4. Ben and Jerry's VERMONSTER sundae has an estimated 14,000 calories. (It starts with twenty scoops of ice cream.)
5. The Granny Smith apple is named after Maria Ann Smith, the Australian orchardist who originated the apple in the 1860's.
6. John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, had 15 children - the most of any president. His successor, James K. Polk, had none.
7. James Buchanan is the only U.S. President who never married.
8. Of the 45 U.S. Presidents (counting Grover Cleveland only once), two have died in office (William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor) and four have been assassinated (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy) - a death rate of 13% - making it, statistically, the most dangerous job in the world.
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