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"Reddit Facts 1/26\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Coyotes are faster than roadrunners.\n\nDespite the premise of the iconic Warner Bros. cartoons, the Greater Roadrunner, native to Texas, can only reach speeds of 20 MPH. The coyote more than doubles that, maxing out at 43 MPH.\nThe equation changes drastically though when you factor in anvils and TNT.\nImage courtesy of Flickr, TexasEagle.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. John Wilkes Booth stood behind Lincoln at his second inauguration.\n\nAbraham Lincoln addressed throngs at the capitol during his second inauguration in March 1865, just as the U.S. Civil War was winding down.\nMany of the conspirators involved in his impending assassination were in the crowd, including John Wilkes Booth. The photo above shows their proximity during Lincoln's speech. \nImage courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. You can work out with Richard Simmons for $12.\n\nThe price for a single class at Richard Simmons' Beverly Hills studio is only 12 bucks, which you can put toward a membership if you decide to sign up.\nImage courtesy of Flickr, Chris Garrison.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. The original Ronald McDonald was fired for being overweight.\n\nEric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation explains that Bozo the Clown, portrayed in 1963 by Willard Scott (the future weatherman on the TODAY Show), was hired by McDonald's after the character drew a crowd during an appearance at a restaurant in Washington, D.C.\n\"An ad agency designed the outfit, Scott came up with the name Ronald McDonald, and a star was born,\" Schlosser writes. But in gearing up for a national ad campaign two years later, McDonald's decided Scott was too overweight, and he was replaced with another actor.\nImage courtesy of Flickr, Luis Anzo.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Cats sleep two-thirds of their life away.\n\nThis may not be a surprise to anyone who owns a cat. Or to anyone who has ever met a cat. Or to anyone who has ever seen a photo of a cat on the Internet.\nBut, according to science, a cat snoozes about 16 hours per day, to which Redditor chellerymellery replied, \"TIL I am a cat.\"\nImage courtesy of Flickr, Mark Probst.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDid you know that John Wilkes Booth attended Abe Lincoln's second inaugural address? Or that you can work out with Richard Simmons for the low, low price of $12? You do now, thanks to this week's edition of Reddit Facts\u2122."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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