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Did You Know
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      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 aresult 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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