Fun Facts

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 than the U.S.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: Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
Now get this: The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The 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
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.

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.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

Most boat owners name their boats.The most popular boat name requested is Obsession.

If you were to spell out numbers, you would have to go up to one thousand before you found the letter “A”!

Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were 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.

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

Believe it or not, you can read this:

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She has no eyebrows (as was the fashion.)   The real name of the painting is not "Mona Lisa." It is "La Giaconda."  The painting measures less than 2 feet by 2 feet.  X-rays show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo, under the final portrait. 

“Tug of War” was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.

During the time that the atomic bomb was being hatched by the United States at Alamogordo, New Mexico, applicants for routine jobs like janitor were disqualified if they could read. Illiteracy; in other words, was a job requirement. The reason: The authorities didn't want their trash or other papers read. (Source: Isaac Asimov‘s Book of Facts.

During the heat of the space race in the 1960's, NASA decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules.  After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of $1 million U.S.  The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth.  The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.