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Want to be the smartest person in the room while watching this year s Super Bowl? Bust out a few of these fun facts about Big Games past.
1. Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest eating day of the year.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Super Bowl Sunday is America s second-largest food consumption day. (Only Thanksgiving Day beats it.)
2. Those rumors about sewage systems failing because of all the flushing toilets during halftime are just that: rumors.
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A persistent rumor says that sewage systems in major cities occasionally fail during Super Bowl halftimes, because a large volume of people supposedly all flush their toilets simultaneously. Don t worry! There s absolutely no evidence to support this claim.
MLK Day encourages service Updated: 10:07 AM EST Jan 18, 2021 By Toby Lyles and Will Mullery, CNN
MLK Day encourages service Updated: 10:07 AM EST Jan 18, 2021
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Show Transcript HOUSEHOLD. IN TONIGHT’S PROJECT COMMUNITY, A MURAL HONORING DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR. THE 12-FOOT-BY-12-FOOT MURAL WENT UP ON THE SIDE OF THE KING HALL BUILDING NEAR MLK DRIVE AND KEEFE AVENUE IN MILWAUKEE. IT’S THE WORK OF ARTIST GRACE COLLINS. SHE IS A NINTH GRADER AT REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL IN MILWAUKEE. THE MARCUS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CHOSE HER PORTRAIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER TO BE PART OF THEIR ANNUAL MLK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION NEXT MONTH. AND WITH THE HELP OF TRUE SKOOL MILWAUKEE, HER PORTRAIT WAS MADE INTO A MURAL. IT WILL STAY UP FOR A YE
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although Dr. King was actually born on the 15th of January 1929, 92 years ago.
Below are some facts and numbers related to the federal holiday, in which Americans are encouraged to participate in a day of service. The numbers tell the story.
That’s all this whole thing is about. We aren’t engaged in any negative protest and in any negative arguments with anybody. We are saying that we are determined to be men. We are determined to be people.
From the King sermon delivered on the night of April 3, 1968, at the Bishop Charles Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. Titled “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” it was his last speech.
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