1. Average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour: 61,000.~
2. Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%~
3. Of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, all named after artists and/or sculptors, Donatello does not occur in the same time period as Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.~
4. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.~
5. The correct response to the Irish greeting, “Top of the morning to you,” is “and the rest of the day to yourself.”~
6. Airbags explode at 200 mph.~
7. All Hebrew originating names that end with the letters “el” have something to do with “God”.~
8. If you lace your shoes from the inside to the outside the fit will be snugger around your big toe.~
9. It takes eighteen minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey’s kiss.~
10. Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.~
11. The movie playing at the drive-in at the beginning of the “Flintstones” was The Monster.~
12. The strength of early lasers was measured in Gillettes, the number of blue razor blades a given beam could puncture.~
13. Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.~
14. At latitude 60˚ S, you can sail all the way around the world.~
15. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge. The reverse of how a record works.~
16. There are more brown M&M’s in plain M&M’s than in Peanuts.~
17. In the summer, walnuts get a tan.~
18. In 1977 there were 37 Elvis impersonators in the world. In 1993, there were 48,000. At this rate, by the year 2010 one out of every three people will be an Elvis impersonator.~
19. Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WW1.~
20. Research indicates that mosquitos are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.~
21. King Kong is the first movie to have its sequel (Son of Kong) released the same year (1933).~
22. Tide has 70 percent of the market share for detergent.~
23. The average bank teller loses $250 a year.~
24. The straw was probably invented by Egyptian brewers to taste in-process beer without removing fermenting ingredients, which floated on the top of the container.~
25. The poisonous copperhead smells like fresh cut cucumbers.~
26. Luke Skywalker’s last name was changed at the last minute from Starkiller in order to make it less violent.~
27. Most raindrops are round or doughnut-shaped not raindrop shaped.~
28. The world’s longest game of Monopoly lasted more than 660 hours.~
29. A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.~
30. The oldest word in the English language is “town.”~































Posted on August 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am by Frank
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