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There are times when I run across bits and pieces of information that is important to note but not enough to start a threat for. So, I'm hoping this trivia thread will remain at the forefront of of our considerations so that we might all learn these little facts as we go.

It took our troops 6 hours on D-Day to cross the channel from England to France on the ships and crafts.

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Battlefronts (1942-1944)

The 1942-'44 massive buildup of industry and military preparations leading to D-Day; internment of Japanese Americans; training of black aviators at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute; Warsaw Ghetto.
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Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds...2
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Philadelphia cream cheese is made in Wisconson...:
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Pace Picante sauce is owned by yankees
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Philadelphia cream cheese is made in Wisconson...:
A great deal of Wisconsin cheese is shipped from Idaho and a lot of Florida orange juice comes from California!
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Three state capitols do not have Interstate highways:

Reno, NV
Pierre, SD
Juneau, AK
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RELIGIOUSLY-BASED CIVIL UNREST & WARFARE

http://www.religioustolerance.org/curr_war.htm

http://64.150.167.66/showthread.php?p=692#post692

List of nations at war with religion of participants and the nature of their fighting.
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If you cut Alaska in half, you would make Texas the third largest state.
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Three state capitols do not have Interstate highways:

Reno, NV
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Juneau, AK
Carson City is the capital of Nevada. I am not trying to be smart, just want to give some correct information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City,_Nevada
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Carson City is the capital of Nevada. I am not trying to be smart, just want to give some correct information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City,_Nevada

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