NPR Fun Facts

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One of the great joys of listening to NPR is not knowing where the next story will take me. Will it be the Steppes of Mongolia? A prison in Alabama? The inside of the Federal Reserve?

Often embedded within these pieces are facts, figures, and fascinating trivia; but the smooth, dulcet tones of the reporter distract me, allowing the information to slip out the back. I will attempt to collect these morsels of hard data and post them here.

If you hear something, share something. But only the facts; not subjective thoughts, loose approximations, or unprovable claims.

Posted 1 year ago

Link: President Theodore Roosevelt read on average a book a day, and could read 3-4 pages per minute.

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i’m lucky if i can read a page a minute.
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Methinks President Theodore Roosevelt might have been doing the old skimaroo to impress the girls. “I’m really absorbed...
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Teddy Roosevelt was the epitome of cool.
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