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Great Facts for those of us interested in important trivia (100 of them now)
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is"El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket
32. Mr. Rogers (from the children's' show) is an ordained minister
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Here are 30 more


1) Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
2) Pearls melt in vinegar.
3) It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
4) Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
5) The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
6) It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
7) Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
8) Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
9) The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/two communications)
10) Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.1
11) A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
12) The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
13) The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
14) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades-King David; Clubs-Alexander the Great; Hearts-Charlemagne; and Diamonds- Julius Caesar.
15) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
16) Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression, "to get fired."
17) Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
18) The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose vehicle, G.P.
19) The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
20) 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.
21) Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
22) The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
23) If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
24) Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
25) Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
26) The fingerprints of Koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
27) All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.|
28) James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger of his right hand.
29) The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
30) There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
31) Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th.

And still 30 more

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% ( now get this...)
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 = 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 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-stars Game.
22. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show? No theme song (tick, tick, tick, tick....)
23. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace.
24 Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession.
25 If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand
26 What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers,and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women.
27 What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey.
28 There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day
29 What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots.
30 What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
31 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."