35. There are no words in the dictionary that
rhyme with: orange, purple,
and silver!
36. The numbers '172' can be found on the
back of the U.S. $5 dollar
bill in the
bushes at the base of the Lincoln
Memorial.
37. The name Wendy was made up for the book
Peter Pan, there was never a recorded
Wendy before!
38. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies
on Berlin during World War
II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
39. There are four cars and eleven lightposts on the back of a $10 dollar bill.
40. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors, also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
41. If one places a tiny amount of liquor
on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
42. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually
had to SLOW a film down so
you could see his moves. That's the
opposite of the norm.
43. If you have three quarters, four dimes,
and four pennies, you have
$1.19. You also have the largest amount of
money in coins without being able
to make change for a dollar.
44. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce
Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'
45. The mask used by Michael Myers in the
original Halloween was actually
a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
46. The original name for the butterfly was
'flutterby'!
47. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived
from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife
with anything wider than your
thumb.
48. The first product Motorola started to
develop was a record player for
automobiles. At that time the most known
player on the market was the Victrola,
so they called themselves Motorola.
49. Roses MAY Be red, but violets ARE, indeed,
violet.
50. By raising your legs slowly and lying
on your back, you can't sink
in quicksand.
51. Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on
Scooby-Doo.
52. Celery has negative calories! It takes
more calories to eat a piece of
celery than the celery has in it to begin
with.
53. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize
in a Charlie Chaplin look alike
contest.
54. In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
described the two moons of Mars,
Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size
and speeds of rotation. He
did this more than 100 years before either
moon was discovered.
55. Chewing gum while peeling onions will
keep you from crying!
56. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said Elementary,
my dear Watson.
57. An old law in Bellingham, Wash., made
it illegal for a woman to take
more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
58. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search
spokesmodel.
59. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is
certified kosher.
60. Guinness Book of Records holds the record
for being the book most often
stolen from Public Libraries.
61. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans
before they go into space because
passing wind in a spacesuit damages
them.
62. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM
compatible computer wasn't considered
a hundred percent compatible unless
it could run Microsoft's Flight
Simulator.
63. Bats always turn left when exiting a
cave!