Coca-Cola was originally green.

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

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

The 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

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear:  7

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over
again: 80%

Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%

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.

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.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would
burn their houses down - hence the expression"to get fired."

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 longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

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.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the
largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".

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.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

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. More women do this in the bathroom Than men.
A. Wash their hands. Women - 80% Men - 55%

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.