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1. Coca-cola was originally green.
2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury.
3. Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2)poodle; 3)golden retriever.
4. Dumbest dog: Afghan
5. Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
6. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
7. Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up: 1 in 2
8. Amount American Airlines saved in '87 by taking out 1 olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000
9. City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong
10. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
11. Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4
12. Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12
13. Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
14. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
15. Estimated % of American adults who go on diet each year: 44%
16. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
17. Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7
18. Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36%
19. Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43%
20. City with highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington DC
21. Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%
22. % of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50%
23. % of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58%
24. % of women who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 85%
25. Number of different family relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105
26. Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
27. Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
28. Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70%
29. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
30. Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3
31. Portion of potatoes sold that are French fried: 1/3
32. Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonald's each day: 7
33. Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90%
34. Percentage of mammal species that are: 3%
35. Number of US states that claim test scores in their elementary schools are above national average: 50%
36. Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5
37. Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7.
38. Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3
39. Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanon
40. Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt
41. Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for "Profiles in Courage"
42. Only President awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals
43. Only food that does not spoil: honey
44. Only person to win $64,000 Challenge and $64,000 Question: Dr. Joyce Brothers (subject is boxing)
45. Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird
46. Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica
47. Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: pig
48. Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.
49. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
50. In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
51. Polar bears are left-handed.
52. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
53. Eskimos never gamble.
54. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
55. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
56. Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.
57. Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
58. Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.
59. Your nose and ears never stop growing.
60. Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.
61. Hot water is heavier than cold.
62. The parachute was invented by da Vinci in 1515.
63. They have square watermelons in Japan. They stack better.
64. Cream does not weigh as much as milk.
65. Starfish have eight eyes-one at the end of each leg.
66. Iceland consumes more Coca-cola per capita than any other nation.
67. First novel ever written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer."
68. There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
69. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.
70. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
71. Men get hiccups more often than women.
72. Armadillos can be housebroken.

Posted by Wayne on 2007-11-27 04:34:31 | Rating: | Views: 236


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Posted by
norm4u2
on 2007-11-27 04:47:02
 
ok wayne great facts. Liked them and made note of a few. Found them wonderful.
 
 

Posted by
Rajah1116
on 2007-11-27 07:20:35
 
WTF Wayne!? Bored much? LOL, okay, the stupidest dog thing...I disagree, it's english setters and siberian huskeys, trust me, dumber than dirt, so...if I don't feed them I save money, I would Soooo drink green coke...walking to work in alaska? wow...whod a thunk it! LOL, cute
 
 

Posted by
Pauligan
on 2007-11-27 07:23:27
 
Who would have thought.
 
 

Posted by
MAK
on 2007-11-27 17:29:04
 
I WANNA SEE THE OYSTERS THAT CAN CLIMB TREES!!!!!!
 
 

Posted by
TheMidnightCowgirl
on 2007-11-27 19:10:22
 
Love #72. Now I want a Armadillo!
 
 

Posted by
Alice
on 2007-11-27 19:15:02
 
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
 
 

Posted by
HornyLittlePoker
on 2007-11-28 02:15:40
 
Where do you get this stuff??!!
And more importantly, who takes the time to study it??!! Mo useless facts to store upstairs..
:-)
 
 

Posted by
HornyLittlePoker
on 2007-11-28 02:16:08
 
sorry, thats supposed to be more, not mo.
 
 

Posted by
bubblydi
on 2007-11-28 04:57:28
 
Love the facts wayne.xx
 
 

Posted by
scotslad60
on 2007-11-28 06:48:53
 
Took me a while but I got through them. lol Thanks for sharing Wayne.
 
 

Posted by
spinningreflection
on 2007-11-28 09:40:22
 
wow!!! Okay... find the divorce/marriage percentages you posted between men and women very interesting lol! As for the youngest parents... disturbing!!! And I feel bad for starfish... must be confusing! haha. Thanks for athe laugh Wayne!
 
 

Posted by
SomethingUnusual
on 2007-11-28 13:53:00
 
thanks for that!! very entertaining!
 
 

Posted by
Acre
on 2007-11-28 20:30:20
 
Ohhh...pigs aren't the only animal that can sunburn certain colors of horses do, the light pink or white hair on alot of horses sunburn very easily in the summer.
But other than that I enjoyed reading it =]
 
 

Posted by
DifficultSoul
on 2007-11-28 23:24:36
 
These facts would be useful if you went to New York and hopped into the Cash Cab.
Have you ever seen that show?
hehe.
Wayne...you never disappoint me.

'An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.'

Do you think that is really true?
That one was my favorite.
 
 


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