Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary was banned in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA, schools because it "defined obscene words."

The longest time someone has typed on a typewriter continuously is 264 hrs., set by Violet Gibson Burns.

Around the turn of the century, British newspapers advertised brassieres as "patent bust improvers."

Americans spend twice as much money on pornography than they do on cookies.

There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than in any other country.

One cord of wood - that's a 4x4x8 foot stack - produces only 250 copies of the Sunday New York Times.

Glass flutes do not expand with humidity so their owners are spared the nuisance of tuning them.

In the old days, playing music that contained augmented 4th chords in any key was avoided because it was thought to invoke the Devil.

Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.

Craven Walker invented the lava lamp, and its contents are colored wax and water.

Seven out of ten words in all
Native American languages are the same in Japanese.

Charles Dickens earned no more for his twenty novels than he did from his lectures.

The "live long and prosper" sign by Star Trek's Mr. Spock is actually the sign that Jewish priests (Cohenim) used while saying certain prayers.

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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.".............
Dan Quayle