Eshtyle Raja
21st October 2006, 05:14 PM
[some of these could be repeat]
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
· Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
· Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
· City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
· State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
· Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
· Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
· Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
· Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
· The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
· The youngest pope was 11 years old.
· Coca-Cola was originally green.
· First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
· 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.
· 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
· 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.
· "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
· The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
· Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
· The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
· The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
· The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II , moves only six inches
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
· Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
· Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
· City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
· State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
· Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
· Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
· Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
· Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
· The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
· The youngest pope was 11 years old.
· Coca-Cola was originally green.
· First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
· 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.
· 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
· 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.
· "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
· The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
· Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
· The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
· The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
· The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II , moves only six inches