The first couple to be shown in bed together on
prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than
the US Treasury.
City with the most Rolls Royces 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 all 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.
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.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine
that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
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 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.
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 reduce the possible spread of the disease
"...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!")
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
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 of the year.
A. Father's Day
