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For what magazine did Hugh Hefner serve as circulation manager while he was raising money to launch Playboy? Prior to his death in 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr. founded what politically-themed magazine? What was the cost of the first tour arranged by travel entrepreneur Thomas Cook in 1841? A: The equivalent of fourte*n cents. It was a 48-mile round trip by British rail between Leicester and Loughborough for a temperance What problem did Leonardo da Vinci, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison and General George Patton have in common? What would the Barbie Doll's measurements be if she were life-size? A: 39-21-33. What did All Nippon Airways do in an effort to prevent its planes from su*king birds into their engines? A: It painted giant eyes on the engine intakes to discourage birds from approaching. What English earl had both a coat style and a furniture style named for him? A: Philip Dormer Stanhope, the fourth earl of Chesterfield.  The Chesterfield coat and sofa are named for him. Before the introduction of the hair dryer in 1920, what common household appliance was promoted for its hair-drying ability? A: The vacuum cleaner--which could be converted into a hair dryer by attaching a hose to the exhaust. What was the first living creature ever ejected from a supersonic aircraft? A: A bear, in 1962.  It was parachuted from 35,000 feet to a safe landing on earth. To whom did Mahatma Gandhi write for advice on diet and exercise? A: Strongman Charles Atlas. In 1964, a capsized freighter was refloated in Kuwait by filling its hull with polystyrene ba*ls.  Where did this idea originate? A: In a 1949 Donald Duck comic, in which Donald and his nephews raised a yacht using ping pong ba*ls. Why does the Bronx Zoo get blood daily from a local slaughterhouse? A: To feed its vampire bats, part of its captive breeding collection What famous Englishman's experiments with freezing meat in 1626 caused his death from exposure? A: Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, courtier, statesman, essayist.