Random Trivia
I
got these from so many different places there are too many to list.
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Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton
• Donald Duck's sister is called Dumbella
• Howdy-Doody had 48 freckles
• Niel Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot
• Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird
was thought to be lazy.
• Goofy had a wife, Mrs. Goofy, and one son, Goofy jr.
• Superman is in every Seinfeld episode (it's on a shelf in Jerry's
apartment)
• Sumerians (5000BC) thought the liver made blood and the heart was
the center of thought.
• Queen Elizabeth I was good friends with William Shakespeare
• 64% of people can roll their tongue, the ability to do it is genetic.
• Mozart wrote 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of five.
• Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
• Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing up.
• The airplane Buddy Holly died in was named the American Pie.
• Einstein couldn't speak fluently until he was nine. His parents thought
he was mentally retarded.
• Alexander the Great was epileptic.
• Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
• Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
• Dr. Seuss pronounced 'Seuss' so it rhymed with 'rejoice.'
• Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'
• Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?)
• The youngest pope was 11 years old.
• John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
• Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
• A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give
her coffee.
• The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in
Colorado.