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BossArky · 25-05-2000 2:17pm #1

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.

The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

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

City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%.

Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.

Cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of eleven $6,400.

If you stick a lump of coal up your butt, in two years you'll have a
diamond.

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 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.

First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

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".

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.

It is impossible to eat a pickle while standing on your head.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each
gallon of diesel that it burns.

The nursery rhyme Ring Around The Rosey is a rhyme about the plague.
Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring
Around the Rosey) .. these sores would smell very badly so common
folk would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously),
so that it would cover the smell of the sores (a pocket full of
posies...) People who died from the plague would be burned so as to
reduce the possible spread of the disease (ashes, ashes, we all fall
down).

What occurs more often in December than any other month? Conception

What separates "60 Minutes" on CBS from every other TV show? No theme
song.

Monkeys were originally called "hsieksnfyfhl" which is impossible to
pronounce.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Their birthplace.

Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
requested? Obsession

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until
you would find the letter "A"? One Thousand

What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser
printers all have in common? All were invented by women.

The only food that doesn't spoil? Honey.

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

What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic? He was allergic to carrots.

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. That's where the phrase, "good night,
sleep tight" came from.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave it To Beaver".

The color "Teal" wasn't discovered until 1978 on the Galapagos Islands
by
Dr.
Tealibopper.

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every
year....so BE CAREFUL!!

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a
month after a couple's wedding, the bride's father would supply his
son-in-law with all of the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer,
and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called
the "honey month" or what we know today as the "honeymoon".

The funny bone is not a bone, and it's not very funny. It's a nerve

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old
England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them
to 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.