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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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