.Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon.
His first words upon that historical occasion �
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" �
were transmitted to Earth and heard by millions.
Just before re-entering the spacecraft, however,
he made the enigmatic remark: "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."
NASA personnel assumed it was a casual remark
referring to a colleague or some rival Soviet cosmonaut;
upon checking, though, they could find no Gorsky
in either the Russian or the American space program.
Over the years, many people questioned Armstrong
as to what the "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant,
but each time he responded with only a mysterious smile.
On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida,
while Armstrong was answering questions following a speech,
a reporter brought up the 26-year-old question.
Mr. Gorsky having died some months earlier,
Armstrong felt he could at last answer the question
without sullying Gorsky's character.
When he was a kid in a small midwestern town during the 30's,
Armstrong and a friend were playing baseball in the backyard
when the friend hit a fly ball that landed
in his neighbor (Gorsky)'s yard just under the bedroom window.
As he leaned over to retrieve the ball,
young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at her husband,
"Sex! You want sex?!?!
You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"
City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
Barbie's measurements if she were life-size: 39-23-33
Average number of days a West German
Percentage of American men who say
Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
Average number of people airborne over the U.S. at any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
San Francisco's cable cars
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,32
In statuary, when a horse is shown with both forelegs raised,
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people
Only two men signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th �
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Hershey's Kisses are so called
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that
The name "Jeep" came from the military abbreviation
The cruiseliner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19.
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".
The only two days of the year in which
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
The name Wendy was first coined for the book Peter Pan.
The origin of the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey"
The football huddle originated at Gallaudet University --
The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideolocator.
It takes 18 minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey's kiss.
The Philip Morris Tobacco Company's crest has on it
According to the London for Visitors website,
Everyone is familiar with the RCA logo
Maine has no poisonous snakes.
Iolani Palace is the only place built for a monarchy currently on U.S. soil.
Quickies
What occurs more often in December than any other month?
What separates CBS' "60 Minutes" from every other TV show?
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
Most boat owners name their boats.
More women do this in the bathroom than men.
If you were to spell out numbers,
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers,
What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
On what day are there are more collect calls
What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny)
Bits 'n' Pieces
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
wears the same underwear before laundering: 7
they would marry the same woman
if they had the chance to do it all over again: 80%
Percentage of American women who say
they would marry the same man: 50%
and lived in China in 1910.
are the only mobile National Monuments.
Spades: King David � Clubs: Alexander the Great
Hearts: Charlemagne � Diamonds: Julius Caesar
its honoree died in battle;
if the horse has one foreleg lifted,
the rider died as a result of wounds received in battle;
if the horse's legs are all on the ground,
the subject died of natural causes.
without killing them would burn their houses down �
hence, the expression "to get fired."
John Hancock and Charles Thomson.
Most of the rest signed on August 2,
but the final signature wasn't added until five years later.
because the machine that produces them
appears to be kissing the conveyor belt.
which prohibited a man from beating his wife
with any object wider than his thumb.
one mile in every five must be straight
for use as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
for a "General Purpose" vehicle � G.P.
for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
than the lowest point in Colorado.
You also have the largest amount of money in coins
without being able to make change for a dollar.
has ever won a Superbowl.
there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL)
are the days before and after the Major League All-Stars Game.
goes back to the time of the Dark Ages
when the Black Plague was ravaging Europe.
Those infected with the plague would get red, circular lesions
("ring around the rosey"),
and commoners often concealed flowers on their bodies
to mask the putrescent stench of the sores
("a pocket full of posies").
Victims' corpses were burned so as to check the disease's spread
("ashes, ashes, we all fall down!").
the world's only accredited four-year liberal arts college for the deaf --
in the 19th century when the football team found that opposing teams
were reading their signed messages and intercepting plays.
Caesar's famous quote "Veni, Vidi, Vici".
the area known as Soho used to be part of King Henry VIII's hunting grounds.
When a hunter spied a deer, he yelled "Tally-ho!",
but when he found smaller prey, the cry was "So-ho!"
As the area was developed, the name stuck.
with Nipper the dog listening to the RCA gramophone.
But the original graphic placed both the dog and the gramophone
on a dead master's casket,
the idea being, of course, that the closest thing
to the dead master's voice was the gramophone.
The ad was eventually considered too morbid, and the casket was removed.
Conception.
No theme song.
Their birthplace.
What is the most popular boat name requested?
Obsession
Wash their hands (women, 80%; men, 55%).
how far would you have to go until you would find the letter A?
One thousand
and laser printers all have in common?
They were all invented by women.
Honey
than any other day of the year?
Father's Day
is the most ironic?
He was allergic to carrots.