The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly game than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is 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 is $6,400

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour is 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.

Those 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
Hearts - Charlemagne,
Clubs - Alexander, the Great
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.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles from their place of birth

The most popular boat name is Obsession

If you were to spell out numbers you have to go to one thousand until you would find the letter "A"

The bullet proof vest, the fire escape, the windshield wipers, and the laser printer are all invented by women.

The only food that doesn't spoil is honey

There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year

The activity performed by 40% of all people at your party is to snoop in your medicine cabinet.

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."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years 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.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a 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.

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. (this is not correct. The word golf comes from a Dutch word for club (my comment))

Pearls melt in vinegar

A duck's quack doesn't echo... and nobody knows why.

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: "getting fired"

Only one person in two BILLION will be live to be 116 or older.

The mask used by 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.(same with just any herb and liquids, (my comment))

The fingerprints of koala bears and humans are virtually indistinguishable; so much that they can be confused at a crime scene.

Months that begin on Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th"

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

35 % 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.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie" (thus the name of the Don McLean song).

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones and Vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

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.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

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 telex/two communications.)

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

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. (how to bring them down as a horse can go up a stair, but not down (my comment))

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie" (thus the name of the Don McLean song).

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776: John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until five years later. (and the Brits murdered almost all of them an their families, (my comment))

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its 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.

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.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

Snails can sleep for three years without eating.

James Doohan, who played Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, was missing the entire middle finger of his right hand.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

USA is the land of possibilities. However, in Germany a poor immigrated artist can be Supreme Commander, and Head of the State.

If you crack 2 eggs against each other only one egg will crack

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year. (and females blink more frequently than men (my comment))

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."

Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.

The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.

There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.

Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

In England, in the 1880s, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grape juice.

The average person laughs 13 times a day.

Dogs can hear sounds that you can't.

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby," which contains over 50,000 words - none of them with the letter E.

Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions.

In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

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.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

20 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.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses
every letter in the alphabet.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

A duck's quack doesn't echo

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie" (thus the
name of the Don McLean song).

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was
actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.