Trivia & Facts
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other
month?
A. Conception.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular
boat name requested?
A. Obsession.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to
count until you found the letter "A"?
A. One thousand.
Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield
wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey.
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day
of the year?
A. Father's Day.
Q. What trivial fact about Mel Blanc (the 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.
Did you know that…
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.
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 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 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.
The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey" is a rhyme
about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would
get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey"), these
sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on
their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover
the smell of the sores ("a pocket full of posies").
Furthermore, people who died from the plague would be burned so
as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("ashes, to
ashes, we all fall down").