• The Roman emperor Caligula once made his horse a senator.
• Queen Elizabeth I owned at least 100 wigs in her lifetime.
• The White House was originally gray. The mansion was burned during the War of 1812. When it was rebuilt after the war, it was painted white to hide the smoke stains.
• The Cleveland Indians baseball team used to be called the Cleveland Spiders.
• The United States bought Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 in 1867. (about two cents an acre)
• The motto on one of the first U.S. coins was "Mind Your Business".
• The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.
• In December 1961, it was discovered that a painting by Matisse in New York's Museum of Modern Art was hanging upside down.
• All race horses become one year older on New Year's Day, no matter when they were born.
• Summers on Uranus are 21 Earth-years long.
• It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.
• Abraham Lincoln appears on both sides of a US penny.
• A ten-gallon hat holds about three-fourths of a gallon (2.85 liters).
• Hummingbirds can fly backwards.
• A light bulb at a fire station in Livermore, California, has been burning since 1901.
• The Hellbender salamander can achieve a length of 2 feet (.61 meters).
• The average American eats 23 quarts (21.8 liters) of ice cream a year.
• German chocolate cake isn't German.
• Rabbits are not rodents.
• Martha Washington was the first woman to be featured on a postage stamp. (1902)
• Time Square was originally called Long Acre Square.
• Cows don't have upper front teeth.
• Twelve cows are known as a "flink."
• The biggest clams in the world weigh 500 pounds and make pearls as big as golf balls.
• The first transatlantic cable was laid in 1858 between Newfoundland and Ireland.
• 40 degrees below zero is the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
• The Galapagos Islands are the only place on the equator where both penguins and fur seals can be found.
• Standard pencils write on average 250,000 English words or a 35 mile (56 km) long line.
• The "f" word is used 246 times in the movie Godfellas.
• The heart of a peanut, that little nub that holds the two halves together, contains a high amount of a chemical that is know to cause migraine headaches in some people.
• A Rubik's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations.
• The world's heaviest person weighed 629 kilos or 1,387 pounds.
• Mark Twain, born on a year Halley's Comet visited Earth, correctly predicted he would die the next time it came by.
• It is a myth that the hair and nails grow after death; the surrounding skin shrinks, giving the illusion of their growth.
• A wild turkey can fly at a speed of 35 mph.
• The largest cucumber grown was 59 lbs.
• The saline content of the Dead Sea is about 187 pounds (84.8 kg) of salt per ton (907.2 kg) of water compared to the Atlantic Ocean at 31 pounds (14 kg) of salt per ton of water.
• Jeremy Erickson has memorized over 200 digits of pi.

• Main Entry: 1stu·pid Pronunciation: 'stü-p&d, 'styü- Function: adjective Etymology: Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus, from stupEre to be numb, be astonished -- more at TYPE 1 a : slow of mind : OBTUSE b : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner c : lacking intelligence or reason : BRUTISH 2 : dulled in feeling or sensation : TORPID <still stupid from the sedative> 3 : marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : SENSELESS 4 a : lacking interest or point b : VEXATIOUS, EXASPERATING <this stupid flashlight won't work> - stu·pid·ly adverb - stu·pid·ness noun synonyms STUPID, DULL, DENSE, CRASS, DUMB mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. STUPID implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary <stupid students just keeping the seats warm> <stupid with drink>. DULL suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock <monotonous work that leaves the mind dull>. DENSE implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas <too dense to take a hint>. CRASS suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy <a crass, materialistic people>. DUMB applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension

   

note from creator:

most things that are labeled stupid are awesome. please don't take offence at some of my opinions. thanks.