Thursday, February 22, 2007

Did you know...

More collect calls are made on Father's Day than any other day of the year.

If you were to spell out numbers, you would have to count all the way to 1,000 before you found one that contained the letter A.

The most popular name requested for boats is Obsession.

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.

40% of all people at a party will snoop in the host's medicine cabinet.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil [Editor's Note...that's pasteurized honey, the kind you buy in the store, as opposed to honey fresh from the beehive].

Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots, ironically.

More people are conceived in December than any other month.

"60 Minutes" is the only show on primetime television without a theme song.

Fred & Wilma Flintstone were the first couple to be shown in bed together on primetime TV.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear & smell better.

Alaska is the state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%.

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.

The cost of raising a medium-sized dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments in the US.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: King David (spades), Alexander the Great (clubs), Charlemagne (hearts), Julius Caesar (diamonds).

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