DezaRay24
03-05-2004, 10:11 PM
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was: Fred and Wilma Flintstone
Coca-Cola was originally green
Everyday more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury
Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
Men can read smaller print than woman; woman 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 people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and cooper 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: Tome Sawyer
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments and the New Orleans St. Charles Street cars
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades-King David, Clubs-Alexander the Great, Hearts-Charlemagne, and Diamonds-Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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 house has one front leg in the air, thee 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.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August2nd, 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 WWII 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 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 you wife with anything wider than your thumb
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, GP
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB,NBA,NHL,or NFL) are the day before a the day after the Major League all-stars game
The nursery rhyme “Ring around the Rosey” is a rhyme about eh 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!”)
QUICK FACTS:
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception
Q. What separates “60 minutes,” from every other TV show?
A. No theme song
Q Half of all Americas live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter A?
A. One Thousand
Q. What do bullet proof vest, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by woman
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. Fathers Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots
Coca-Cola was originally green
Everyday more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury
Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
Men can read smaller print than woman; woman 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 people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and cooper 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: Tome Sawyer
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments and the New Orleans St. Charles Street cars
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades-King David, Clubs-Alexander the Great, Hearts-Charlemagne, and Diamonds-Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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 house has one front leg in the air, thee 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.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August2nd, 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 WWII 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 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 you wife with anything wider than your thumb
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, GP
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB,NBA,NHL,or NFL) are the day before a the day after the Major League all-stars game
The nursery rhyme “Ring around the Rosey” is a rhyme about eh 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!”)
QUICK FACTS:
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception
Q. What separates “60 minutes,” from every other TV show?
A. No theme song
Q Half of all Americas live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter A?
A. One Thousand
Q. What do bullet proof vest, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by woman
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. Fathers Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots