A giant armadillo can hold it's breath underwater for six minutes.
Cleopatra's favorite snack was pickles.
Conception occurs more often in December than any other month.
What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show?
No theme song.
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
Most boat owners name their boats. Obsession is the most popular boat name requested.
If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to
count until you found the letter "A"?
One thousAnd
What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and
laser printers were all invented by women.
Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
What trivial fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the
most ironic?
He was allergic to carrots.
40% of all people at a party snoop in your medicine cabinet.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear & smell
better.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
61,000.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
That 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; 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 W.W.II 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 name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for
each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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.
(edited to add more stuff.)
[ 08-07-2001: Message edited by: MollyGrue ]
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