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Important Cool Stuff

HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?

  1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV 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 can; 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.
  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. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
  15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
  19. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
  20. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Super bowl.
  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. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight,"
  23. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
  24. In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.
  25. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden ... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.............AND FINALLY.........
  26. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
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--- Fran Fusco

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