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The Questions…

1. People are identified using fingerprints. How are cattle identified?

2. Before he hit the big time, actor Brad Pitt worked a variety of odd jobs around Los Angeles. One of those jobs was at a Mexican restaurant. What did he do?

3. What creature is immune, as far as we can determine, to every known disease, including cancer?

4. In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson accidentally invented a new kind of treat. As a young adult, he obtained a patent and began to market the treat. What was it?

5. Why do Japanese students consider the Kit Kat bar to be good luck when they take a test?

The Answers…

1. Cattle are identified by noseprints. Every cow nose has a unique pattern of ridges and grooves.

2. Young Brad stood in front of an El Pollo Loco fast food restaurant wearing a chicken costume.

3. The shark.

4. The Popsicle. Epperson left a glass of lemonade outside overnight, and it froze with a spoon standing up in it. Initially, he called it the Eppsicle, but wisely changed his mind.

5. Because the chocolate bar’s Japanese pronunciation, kitto katto, is similar to the phrase kitto katsu, which means “win without fail.”