xxlea Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 01. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. 02. Coca-Cola was originally green. 03. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. 04. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. 05. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska. 06. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%- now get this... 07. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% 08. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 09. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000. 10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. 12. The youngest pope was 11 years old. 13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. 14. That San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. 15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs - Alexander the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar 16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 17. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 18. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th; John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. 19. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. 20. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. 21. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Super Bowl. 22. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-star Game. 23. The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey" is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey..."); these sores would smell very bad, so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously) so that they would cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggfella4 Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 useless but very interesting..peace outgianni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okee Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 delete #21. Rams won a superbowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 http://www.uselessknowledge.com Nice site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 how about - the racoon is the only male mammal that has a Penis bone - don't ask how I know this - ask Nubreedfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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