Monday, June 1, 2015

Five Crazy Facts

A new roller coaster, the Fury 325, that goes up 32-stories, which is higher than the Statue of Liberty, has just opened in North Carolina.

A 92-year-old cancer survivor finished a marathon in San Diego yesterday, getting into the record books. She started running at 76.

A Hermes handbag sold at auction for $222,000 in Hong Kong.

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina became the 20th Republican to announce his candidacy for president in 2106.

I am going for acupuncture for the first time ever in an hour.
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