An Interesting Piece of Useless Information
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
October 13, 2016 11:09pm CST
You should know me by now. I’m always looking for something interesting to share with you and all my friends. I collect trivia and have done so for many years. This was something that I read today, though.
Shirley Temple always had 56 curls in her hair. AND Howdy Doody had exactly 48 freckles on his face. These came from “Berta’s Useless Facts.”
I will share some more of these interesting facts later.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
14 Oct 16
I adored both of them. I bet a lot of myLotters have never even heard of rhem!
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
15 Oct 16
@TheHorse You like the good girls???
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@TheHorse (238349)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Oct 16
@1creekgirl Yeah, to this day, "trashy" people bother me. You can imagine how I feel about Kim Kardashian.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
14 Oct 16
I do too. I share them with my friends. They think I'm a "walking encyclopedia of useless facts." It's FUN though.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
15 Oct 16
@TheHorse I'm not an expert in the "SPORTS" category. My oldest son is though, so I asked him how many home runs Willie Mays hit in 1965. He said 50. And by then he had hit his 512th home run breaking Mel Otts National League record.
"The Say Hey Kid" Willie Mays hit 660 home runs in his long career, putting him in the TOP THREE at the time of his retirement.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
14 Oct 16
Useless facts have now have some use here at Mylot, we have something to talk about
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
14 Oct 16
Yes, I wish more people would share some "useless facts" that they know. I enjoy reading them.
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@TheHorse (238349)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Oct 16
@IreneVincent I'm full of obscure facts that are useful to some, but not many!
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
14 Oct 16
She no doubt got her hair trimmed, but her mother set her hair in curls and it was always the same number of curlers.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
14 Oct 16
@TheHorse I understand that her MOTHER was in charge. Whatever she said was what was done. I don't think the directors had much control over things like that. They were quite happy with her talent, which was amazing.
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@TheHorse (238349)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 16
@IreneVincent Once she was in films, wouldn't the film people have had a big say in matters like that? "For this film, we need 57 curls!"
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Oct 16
I guess you are ready for Jeopardy.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
14 Oct 16
I love Jeopardy. I'm pretty good at it, but there are some subjects that I know nothing about. Like sit-coms, which I don't watch and therefore know nothing about their roles or the actors who play them.
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
18 Oct 16
Shirley Temple's curls do fascinate
But to count whether fifty six or fifty eight?
Seems too much of a bother
So its best left to another
Their observation , I won't debate !
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
14 Oct 16
Shirley Temple's mother always used 56 curlers. She may have even used 56 "rags." Rags were used before curlers were invented.
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
19 Oct 16
Her mother was in charge of setting her hair and she always used 56 curlers.
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