Posted by FACTS on 4/12/2007, 10:32 pm • Geneticists have determined that the musk melon, cassava melon and honeydew melon are all descended from the Crenshaw melon. • Michael Dell, founder of the Dell computer company, was born Michael Dellaquavita. He shortened it when he started making computers because, when he contracted with a company to make medallions of his logo, he could save a few cents per 100 count by dropping 8 letters. He estimates that that decision alone has put somewhere between $450,000 and $750,000 into his pocket. • The northern Illinois chapter of AAA says that the average car in the their area has antifreeze that is 29 percent below optimal strength. • The original Pong video game is the only legal electronic game in the Seychelles.
• Four percent of American adults have not ridden on a railroad train, 17 percent have not ridden on a subway and 29 percent have not flown on an airplane.
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