Facts ?

[zapparules]

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%

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

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.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

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.

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.

"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 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.

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 for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

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.

[garison808]

Originally Posted by zapparules

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

That honor goes to Mary Kay and Johnny, a 1947 sitcom. Fred and Wilma were not only not the first, but since they were in a Saturday-morning cartoon, they also were not in prime time.

Originally Posted by zapparules

[The]Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

Thirteen, if you count the 'okina, as many do.

Originally Posted by zapparules

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

And "I do" starts the longest sentence.

Originally Posted by zapparules

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific.

Not according to snopes.com.

[ruffrider]

Originally Posted by garison808

And "I do" starts the longest sentence.

[OldDoc]

Some of these are wrong (coke was originally green) and some are misleading (most of the wilderness in North America is in Canada). See

http://www.jefflewis.net/factoids2.html

[jim gatton]

The shortest poem ever written is by Ogden Nash, is titled "Problems", and goes,

"Adam had 'em".

Just thought I'd put that out there. You can always count on garison to double check, especially when coming off a bad hangover.

[fluffybunny]

The statue one is completely wrong. An urban myth. The stance denotes nothing.

[animefan]

The reason women can hear better than men,is that the men have slowly gone deaf because the women won't shut up.

[wiiGod]

i thought "Go!" was the shortest complete sentence...

and I dunno about that interstate one... Hawaii has some crazy freeways....

[Willard McBain]

To go along wkith the Matyel money one, Mattel is also the number one manufacturer of women's fashion in the world.

[poleprech]

When The Flintstones were on the air originally, they were on Friday nights. They became a Saturday morning kids cartoon after the series left prime time. Another animated prime time show was Johnny Quest.