Facts Learned While Playing Trivial Pursuit.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | September 4, 2011

No. 704

–  The opposite of misogynist is misandrist — hater of men.

–  The New York Yankees were once known as the Highlanders early in the 20th Century.

–  The first major league baseball team to post 10,000 losses was not the Pittsburgh Pirates.  It was the Philadelphia Phillies.

–  The first underground railway was built in England.

–  Prime Minister Tony Blair was nick-named Bambi.

–  The nun who became famous leading televised tours of art museums around the world was named Sister Wendy.

And one learned during “From the Top” on NPR:  Chopin requested that his heart be cut out after he died, since he was afraid of waking up while being buried alive.

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