A few unrelated items of interest for you to ponder…
- Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) is 426 miles long–approximately the distance from Cincinnati to Atlanta.
- Harry Truman (US President from 1945–after Franklin Roosevelt’s death in office–to 1952) was presented the very first Medicare ID cards by then-president Lyndon Johnson in 1965. This honor was bestowed on Mr. Truman because he championed universal healthcare for most of his political life.
- Lexington, Kentucky is the most expensive city in the US for prescription drugs. This information comes from a recent American Public Health Association research report.
- The UK’s Prime Minister during the second World War was Winston Churchill. His mother was actually an American.
- Mahatma Gandhi said it: “The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”
- Palm trees are actually classified as “shrubs”.
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