Fun Facts & Usless Information

			

1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time 
television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

2. Coca-Cola was originally green.

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

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

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

6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% --- now get this...

7. 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.  (Hence the redheads)

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. That 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. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

20. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that 
makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

21. 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.

22. 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 bad,so common folks would put
 flowers on their bodies somewhere inconspicuously) so that 
they would cover the smell of the sores ("a pocket full of 
posies) and would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread
 of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down!")

23. What occurs more often in December than any other month? 
 Conception.

24. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV 
show?  No theme song.

25. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? 
 Their birthplace.

26. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most 
popular boat name requested?  Obsession

27. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you 
have to go until you would find the letter "A"?  One thousand

28. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield
 wipers, and laser printers all have in common? All 
invented by women.

29. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?   Honey

30. There are more collect calls on this day than any 
other day of the year?  Father's Day

31. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny)
 is the most ironic?  He was allergic to carrots.

32. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people 
at a party? Snoop in your medicine cabinet

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