The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time
television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US
Treasury.
Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
$6,400
Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
61,000.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China
in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National
Monuments
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the
Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front
legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has
one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the
ground, the person died of natural causes.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on
July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest
signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until
5 years later.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots
in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the
ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured
exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If
the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the
whole 9 yards."
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that
makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law
which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything
wider than your thumb.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in
every five must be straight. These straight sections are
usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the
army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches
for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed
stadium has ever won a Superbowl.
The only two days of the year in which there are no
professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day
before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game.
How about this....
The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the
plague. Infected people with the plague would get red
circular sores ("Ring around the rosey..."), these sores
would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on
their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would
cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of posies..."),
People who died from the plague would be burned so as to
reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes,
we all fall down!")
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other
month?
A. Conception.
Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV
show?
A. No theme song.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A.. Their birthplace.
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most
popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have
to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield
wipers and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
A. Honey
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other
day of the year.
A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is
the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
Q. 40% of all people who come to a party
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet. |
