Another Pseudo-Fact List
1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were
Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
2. Coca-Cola was originally green.
3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
4. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
5. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to
work: Alaska
6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
7. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
$6,400
9. The average number of people airborne over the US any given
hour: 61,000
10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China
in 1910.
12. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National
Monuments.
15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander,
the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar
16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
17. 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.
18. 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.
20. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the
English language.
21. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make
them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
22. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has
ever won a Super bowl.
23. 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.
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other
TV show?
A. No theme song.
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
go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand.
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers,
and laser printers all have in common?
A. All 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 trivia fact about Mel Blanc (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.
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