Fascinating ....
Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women, Women can hear better than men.
Cost of raising a medium sized dog to the age of 11: $6,400.
Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000.
First novel 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 represent a king from history:
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =12,345,678,987,654,321
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on 2 AUG, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The term "whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the 50-caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the "whole 9 yards".
The Interstate system was designed so that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections act as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. The Interstates official name is The National Defense Highway System.
The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only 6" for each gallon of fuel that it burns.
The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosy" is a rhyme about the bubonic plague.
Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...).
These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies...").
People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down").
Conception occurs more often in December than any other month.
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than any other day.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
