Coincidence? We would think so. According to a recent Reuters article, the American Medical Association recommends administering chest compressions at the rate of 100 per minute when performing CPR. That rate matches almost exactly an aptly named Bee Gees disco-era tune by the name of … "Stayin' Alive."
Eddie Chuculate of Amarillo, Texas asked us to report on the fate of Jax beer, which his dad drank when he was a kid. Jax was made by the Jackson Brewing Company of New Orleans from the mid-'50s until 1974, and in Jacksonville, Fla., prior to that. The site of the New Orleans brewery is a museum/store/restaurant complex today.
Up for re-election in 1996, President Bill Clinton won the New Hampshire Democratic primary with about 99 percent of the vote.
Finishing second to Clinton was a celebrity better known as a:
A) Talk-show host
B) Novelist
C) Comedian
D) Business executive
Previous answer: The longest-distance nonstop commercial flight currently operated out of the U.S. links the New York area's Newark Liberty International Airport and Singapore. The 16,600-mile, 18 1/2-hour flight is operated by Singapore Airlines.
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