AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CLXX

1. Venus has an average surface temperature of 863 degrees F - the hottest planet in the solar system. Due to its thick atmosphere, it is hotter than Mercury even thought it is farther from the sun.

2. Richard Nixon was on the cover of Time Magazine 52 times.

3. Mandarin Chinese is the native language of 955 million people. 

4. In Milton's Paradise Lost, the capital city of Hell is Pandemonium. 

5. NASCAR teams, as well as commercial and military aircraft, use nitrogen in their tires. Nitrogen has less moisture than compressed air, which means it fluctuates less with temperature changes.

6. In radio parlance, "Roger" means "I understand" and "Wilco" means "I will comply." 

7. The name of the Biblical devil Beelzebub is literally translated as "Lord of the Flies."

8. The most requested item in the US National Archives is the photo of a 1970 handshake between Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley.

9. During his leadership of the French Resistance in WWII and his political career, Charles de Gaulle survived 31 assassination attempts.

10. The Book of Numbers in the Old Testament is named for a census Moses took that counted 603,550 Israelis. 

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Ken Jennings

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