SOME
THINGS YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN
The first couple to be shown in bed together
on
prime time TV were
Fred
and Wilma Flintstone.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than
the
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Men can read smaller print than women can;
women
can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The state with the highest % of people who
walk to
work:
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The percentage of
(now get this...)
The percentage of
wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the
age
of eleven: $6,400
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9
& lived
in
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The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter:
Tom Sawyer.
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San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile
National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of cards represents a
great
king from history:
Spades- King David,
Hearts- Charlemagne,
Clubs-Alexander, the Great
Diamonds- Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x111,111,111
=
12,345,678,987,654,321
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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.
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Only two people signed the Declaration of
John Hancock and Charles Thomson.Most
of the rest
signed on August 2,
but the last
signature wasn't added until 5 years
later.
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"I am" is the shortestcomplete
sentence in the
English language.
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Hershey's Kisses are called that because the
machine that
makes them looks like
it's kissing the conveyor
belt.
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Q. What occurs more often in December than any
other month?
A. Conception.
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles
of what?
A. Their birthplace
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is
the most popular
boat name requested?
A. Obsession
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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
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield
wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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Q. There are more collect calls on this day
than any other day
of the year?
A. Father's Day
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Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of
Bugs Bunny) is the
most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
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Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all
people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
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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.
Hence the phrase "goodnight,
sleep tight."
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It was the accepted practice in
ago that for a month
after the wedding,
the bride's father would supply
his son-in-law with
all
the mead he could
drink. Mead is a honey beer and
because their
calendar
was lunar based, this
period was called the honey
month we know today
as
the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and
quarts.
So in old
when customers got
unruly, the bartender would yell
at them mind their
own pints andquarts and settle down. It's where we
get the "mind
your
P's and Q's."
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Many years ago in
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.
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In
entitled Gentlemen
Only
Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF
entered
into the English
language.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try
to lick their elbow