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WASHINGTON, May 11, 1998 – When was automobile air conditioning introduced?
Nov. 4, 1939
(Packard Motor Co.)

When was the present day Department of the Navy seal adopted?
Oct. 23, 1957
(By executive order of President Eisenhower)

What is another name for a coin collector?
Numismatist

According to World War II Army slang, what did a GI Moe refer to?
An Army mule

Where was the worlds first boardwalk located?
Atlantic City, N.J.
(Opened in June 1870)



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