Interesting Stuff

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

Coca Cola was originally green.

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 than men.

The city with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong.
The 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%.

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.

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 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.

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 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 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 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 or G.P.

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 and after the Major League all-stars Game.

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 badly so common folk 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).

What occurs more often in December than any other month? Conception.

What separates "60 Minutes" on CBS from every other TV show? No theme song.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Their birthplace.

Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? Obsession.

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One Thousand.

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? All were invented by women.

The only food that doesn't spoil? Honey.

There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? Father's Day.

What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? He was allergic to carrots.

Did you know.... 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. That's where the phrase, "good night, sleep tight" came from.

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

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year....so BE CAREFUL!!

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after a couple's wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all of the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we know today as the "honeymoon".

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's".

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.