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

 

02. Coca-Cola was originally green

 

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

 

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

 

05. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: ALASKA

 

06. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%-

 

07. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

 

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. That San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

 

15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king

from

historySpades - 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 ha 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.

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

22. 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

 

23. The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosy" is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores "Ring around the rosy..."); these sores would smell very bad, so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously) so that they 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!")

 

Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?

A. Conception

 

Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from other TV shows?

 

A. No theme song.

 

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

 

Q. What is the most popular private boat name?

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 bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in comm A. All invented by women

 

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey

 

Q. What day are more collect calls are made on 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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