The first couple to be shown in bed together
on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska!
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
$6,400
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The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
61,000
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in
1910.
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The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter:
Tom Sawyer.
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Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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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
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111,111,111 X 111,111,111equals 12345678987654321
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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.
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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.
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"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
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