Trivial knowledge
Some Things You Probably Didn't Learn In School Or College:
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.
The city with the most Roll Royces per capita: Hong Kong
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
Cost of raising a medium sized dog to the age of 11: $6,400.
Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during 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 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, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne,
and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
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.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The term "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. If the pilots fired all their ammo
at a target, it got the "whole 9 yards".
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
looks like it is kissing the conveyor belt.
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.
The Interstate system was designed so that one mile in every five must
be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war
or other emergencies.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each
gallon of fuel that it burns.
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won
a SuperBowl.
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 bad so people would hide flowers on
their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies...").
People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the 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 every other TV show?
A: No theme song.
Q: Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A: Their birthplace.
Q: What is the most popular name that boat owners name their boats?
A: Obsession.
Q: If you were to spell out consecutive 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 common?
A: All invented by women.
Q: What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A: Honey.
Q: There are more collect calls made on this day than any other.
A: Fathers Day.
Q: What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic?
A: He was allergic to carrots
