HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS? (37 items) 1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Coca-Cola was originally green. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. 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. Those 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 =3D 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. 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 games. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 23. What occurs more often in December than any other month? Conception. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show? No theme song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 25. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Their birthplace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 26. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? Obsession ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 27. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? All invented by women. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 29. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? Honey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? Father's Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 31. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? He was allergic to carrots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 32. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? Snoop in your medicine cabinet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 33. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 34. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in- law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 35. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So, in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would tell them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 36. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~ 37. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden".... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. ------------------------------ IN CASE YOU ARE EVER ON A QUIZ SHOW 1. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 2. A snail can sleep for three years. 3. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. 4. Butterflies taste with their feet. 5. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. 6. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. 7. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. 8. In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 9. Leonardo DiVinci invented the scissors. 10. No word in the English language rhymes with month. 11. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. 12. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 13. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand, lollipop with your right. 14. The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. 15. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. 16. The words 'racecar' and 'kayak' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. 17. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 18. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 19. If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at a red light. 20. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch face is 10:10. 21. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. 22. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. 23. There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables. 24. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: abstemious and facetious. 25. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: indivisibility. 26. The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts. 27. Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live? That means that if you put a baby croc in an aquarium, it would be little for the rest of its life. 28. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein 29. A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. 30. Pinocchio is Italian for pine eye. 31. The sentence The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses every letter of the alphabet. 32. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating is uncopyrightable. 33. Barbie's full name is Barbara Milicent Roberts. 34. It's impossible to lick your elbow. 35. On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime. 36. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. 37. Rats and horses can't vomit. 38. The sixth sick sheiks sixth sheeps sick is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language...try it! 39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 40. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. 41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. 42. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. 43. A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere, and no one knows why. 44. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks. 45. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders. 46. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 47. Cat's urine glows under a black light. 48. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. 49. NOW DON'T YOU FEEL SMARTER? Okay, honestly, did you try to lick your elbow? ------------------------------ Trivia Just When You Thought You Knew Everything Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin . The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public. Walt Disney was afraid of mice. Pearls melt in vinegar. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton. And, the last..... Turtles can breathe through their butts.