Ohio Girl
Doris Day was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she would later become interested in dance as a future profession. Though she later moved to Los Angeles, she always thought of Ohio as home.
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The Life of Doris Day, America’s Sweetheart
The More You Know
- A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
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- In 2009, Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook, you were entitled to a free Whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a Whopper.
- The population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds.