Weird Facts

How can you live without
knowing these things?

1. Many years ago, in Scotland, a new game was invented.   It was ruled
"Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden".... and thus the word GOLF entered into
the English language.

2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

3. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

4.   Coca-Cola was originally green.

5. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

6. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

7. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
     The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

9. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

12. The youngest pope was 11 years old.

13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

14. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

        > Spades - King David
        > Hearts - Charlemagne
        > Clubs -Alexander, the Great
        > Diamonds - Julius Caesar

16.   111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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

20. Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?
        A. All invented by women.

21. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
        A. Honey

22. Q. In which day there are more collect calls than any other day of the year?
        A. Father's Day

23. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

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