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1.Dippy dumper is now not being produced making it very rare.
2.Winne the pooh first appeared by name in 1925
3.The slinky was invented in 1943 by Richard T. James
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- The car cost 2,900
- The Cadillac Series 62 came in black, gray, blue, and white.
- The car is now worth 12,000-30,000 $ https://www.google.com/search?q=Cadillac+Series+62&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi7p7a_oP7vAhUI66wKHWOiCH8Q2-
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- High rise jeans help your pear figure
- The bowler hat got its name after the Bowler brother who made it
- Some women’s hats were heavily taxed due to the war. https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1940-1949/
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1.The Andrews sisters sung swing and Boogie Woogie.
2.Tommy Dorsey died after he started taking sleeping pills and choked in his sleep.
3.Billie Holiday died at age 44 in handcuffs with police watching her die in front of them.
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- Churchill went on to make the “iron curtain” speech in 1946
- He also shaped the Allied strategy in World War 2
- Winston was awarded 37+ orders and medals while being the https://www.britannica.com/biography/Winston-Churchill
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Lauren Bacall
1.Lauren Bacall died in 2014 at the age of 89 on August 12th.
2.Lauren Bacall had a net worth of 50 million at the time of her death in 2014.
3.Laure Bacall is the 20th greatest female actress of all time.
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- He is the only president to serve more than 2 terms.
- Franklin didn’t serve 3 terms he served 4 from 1933-1945.
- Franklin was almost assassinated in 1933 after he won the election. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt/
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Keeper of the Flame
1.Keeper of the Flame was filmed in 1942
2.Keeper of the Flame stared actor Spencer Tracy
3.The movie made $1,040,000 witch would be 19,676,577 in 2021.
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Atomic Bomb
1.The atomic bomb was dropped on August 6th, 1945 on Japan
2.The atomic bomb was dropped by a plane called Enola Gray.
3.Robert Oppenheimer detonated the first atomic bomb in 1945 creating a mushroom cloud 40,000 feet in the sky.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/atomic-bomb-history#:~:text=On%20August%206%2C%201945%2C%20the,and%20killing%2080%2C000%20people%20instantly. -
Joe DiMaggio
1.He was known as “the Yankee Clipper”
2.He played with the Yankee’s for 13 seasons.
3.He died when he was 84 years old in Hollywood, FL
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You bet your Life
1.There were 529 episodes in the series
2.There was 14 seasons in the series
3.It was a game show and you can still watch it on Tubi
https://www.sparkmuseum.org/you-bet-your-life/
