Trivia
Interesting
facts
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
There
are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The
average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
A
shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There
are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds
of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The
longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
On
a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building
is an American flag.
All
of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
No
word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
Almonds
are members of the peach family.
Winston
Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine
is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There
are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Los
Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,
"L.A."
A
cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An
ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Tigers
have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In
most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch
is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The
only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
When
the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium
becomes the state's third largest city.
The
characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the
cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A
dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
On
an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand
corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the
front upper right-hand corner.
It
is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The
giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Who's
that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
In
England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The
name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank
Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z, hence "Oz."
The
microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Mr.
Rogers is an ordained minister.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
The
average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There
are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Stewardesses'
is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Typewriter is the only ten letter word you can type on the top of your
keyboard.
Debra
Winger was the voice of E.T.
Pearls
melt in vinegar.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's
supply of footballs.
Thirty-five
percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The
3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser,
in that order.
It's
possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
Humans
are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their
hands.
Ten
percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
The
sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter
in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telegraph communications).
The
only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable. The spell-checker didn't recognize it either.
Stewardesses'
is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and
purple.
Average
life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
A
duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The
reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when
the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground
floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
The
airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name
of the Don McLean song.)
Each
king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne;
and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111
x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Clans
of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without
killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to
get fired."
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.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
An
ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
The
longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
The
name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General
Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in
Colorado.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19.
You
also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to
make change for a dollar.
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.
Only
one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
The
mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually
a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
If
you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the
top and sinking to the bottom.
Gotta
try this one! Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates
at Harvard.
The
fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those
of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
Months
that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
James Doohan, who plays Lt.Commander
Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger of
his right hand.
The
Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must
be straight.
These
straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
There
are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
All
of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
