There are some things that we didn’t know we had to know, a listing follows below!!!
- The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were: Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
- Coca-Cola was originally green.
- Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
- 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%
- 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.
- 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.
- “I do.” is the longest sentence.
- 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.