Re:facts

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01. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime

television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

02. Coca-Cola was originally green

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

Treasury.

04. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear

better.

05. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: ALASKA

06. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%- now get

this 07. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

08. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

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.

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

historySpades - 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

ha 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.

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

ever won a Super Bowl.

 

22. 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-star Game

23. The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosy" is a rhyme about

the

plague. Infected people with the plague would get red

circular sores

"Ring around the rosy..."); 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...").

 

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 other TV shows?

 

A. No theme song.

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

Q. What is the most popular private boat name?

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 vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers,

and

 

laser printers all have in comm A. All invented by women

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A Honey

 

Q. What day are more collect calls are made on 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. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?

A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet