1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were
Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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2. Coca-Cola was originally green.
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3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
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4. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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5. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
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6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get
this......)
7. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
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9. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour --
61,000
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10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in
1910.
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12. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National
Monuments.
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15. 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
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16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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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 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.
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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.
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20. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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21. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
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22. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever
won a Super bowl.
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23. 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-stars Game.
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