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Walkathon

The walkathons were emceed by celebrities like Frankie Laine and Red Skelton, grossing $6 million in only three years. Seltzer's first commercial walkathon was held in Denver, Colorado. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois and began booking events at the Chicago Coliseum...

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The More You Know

  • A Scarlet Macaw can live up to 80 years.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
  • There is a fish with transparent bones and white blood.
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