Did You Know? (11-23-07)

• The pitches that Babe Ruth hit for his last-ever homerun and that Joe DiMaggio hit for his first-ever homerun where thrown by the same man.

• “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the very first video ever played on MTV. Now all the videos are actually commercials for diet pills and ring tones.

• A family of six died in Oregon during WWII as a result of a Japanese balloon bomb.

• The penguins that inhabit the tip of South America are called jackass penguins.

• Avocado is derived from the Spanish word ‘aguacate’ which is derived from ‘ahuacatl’ meaning testicle.

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