-Some of Ghandi's ashes are at the Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades near Los Angeles.
These were the only ashes allowed outside of India when he died.
-Not only was Ronald Reagan the oldest person ever elected president at age of 69,
he has lived longer than any former United States president ever has (he died at the age of 93).
-In the middle of the Mojave Desert in California, sits a lone telephone booth,
50 miles from Interstate 15, and basically in the middle of nowhere.
Nobody seems to remember when and why it was built. Years ago miners who worked nearby used it.
Today you can get to it on dirt roads.
It has a world-wide cult following now, with people from all over the world calling and visiting it.
Nicknamed the Mojave Desert Phone Booth, it's number is: (760)733-9969.
-Immigrants being awed by the Statute of Liberty is a tale that has been romanticized over the years.
This was a view of richer passengers.
The truth is, most immigrants who came here by ship near the turn of the century were very poor.
As a result, they traveled below deck with hardly any view at all.
The first thing most of them remember is being herded like cattle onto Ellis Island.
-July 4, 1776, is the "official" date when United States was born, but
actually was not one country until 1788.
-In 1940, Maurice and Richard McDonald opened a barbecue car-hop type restaurant located in San Bernardino, Ca.
Shortly after W.W.II, they paired the menu down to offer burgers, fries, and shakes.
Ray Croc, a restaurant appliance salesman, was baffled as to why they needed so many milk shake
makers. He found out soon enough. Franchise rights were sold in 1955, and Ray Croc opened one up in Des Plaines, Ill.
This was his first, but actually the 9th McDonalds. And the rest, as they say, is history. A museum has recently
opened up at the original location-14th and E streets in San Bernardino.
-According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there are 140 towns and cities in the U.S. that have the word "Christmas" in their names.
-Before 1913, the U.S. had no income tax. The 16th Amendment was needed so the government could do what they wanted to with the money.
-150 residences in New York City got the first televisions in 1936.
The first program NBC broadcast to them was a cartoon of Felix The Cat!
-The 33rd president was Harry S. Truman. What is his middle name?
His parents were going to give him the name Shippe or Solomon, the names of his grandfathers.
They could not agree, so they gave him just an initial, "S."
-The tomato was put "on trial" on September 25, 1820 in Salem, New Jersey.
In front of a courthouse, Robert Johnson ate a basket of tomatoes to prove they were not poisonous.
The crowd waited for him to keel over dead. He never did.
-John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826.
This was 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
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