1.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by

ropes...when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed
firmer to sleep on. That's where the phrase, "good night, sleep tight" came
from.

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

3. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, GP

4. The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."

5. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married.

6. The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

7. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball point pens every year, so
be careful.

8. One of the longest one-syllable words in the English language is

screeched. (Strengths is another one.)

9. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or

purple.

10. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

11. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

12. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

13. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

14. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
15. Typing the word typewriter uses only letters from the top row of your
keyboard.

16. A 10 foot tall emu was spotted walking the streets of New York in 1973, it
had accidently escaped from a circus that specialized in large exotic birds.
When police questioned the circus owners they responded saying "George
was constipated, so we thought a run around the grounds may help him feel
better" Police fined the circus 25 dollars, and 5 months later a bi-law was
passed stating that all emus within New York City must be on a leash.

17. Things that are Canadian, or invented by Canadians: Mike Myers, Michael
J. Fox, Jim Carey, Basketball, the 24 time zone divisions, Hockey, Apple Pie
and the reason the Whitehouse is white. The Canadians burned the capital to
the ground, and the US repainted it.

18. 65% of statistics are made up.

19. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.

20. If Barbie were life size her measurements would be 39-23-33

21. A duck's quack does echo, despite rumors to the contrary. 1 2 3

22. Pinocchio is Italian for pine eye (Pino is Italian for pine, Occhio is Italian
for eye)

23. Camels milk doesn't curdle.

24. Murpheys oil soap is a chemical commonly used to wash elephants.

25. Porcupines float in water.

26. Cats urine glows under a black light.

27. Blueberry jelly beans were especially made for Ronald Reagan.

28. In every episode of Seinfeld there's a superman somewhere.

29. Checkmate comes from the Persian phrase "shah mat" which means the
king is dead.

30. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds while dogs have only ten.

31. 91% of Americans lie daily.

32. "two plus eleven" and "one plus twelve" not only give the same result but
use the same letters

33. With lunchables you have 50% less crackers then toppings. To use them
all with no left overs you would have to do two toppings per cracker.

34. When you sneeze water can come out of your mouth at speeds of
60mph.

35. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite

36. On a Canadian 2 dollar bill the flag flying over the parliament building
appears to be an American flag. It's actually Canada's earlier flag of the Red
Ensign.

37. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated

38. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar

39. Almonds are a member of the peach family

40. There are 366 dimples on a regulation golf ball

41. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge

42. "Angry" and "hungry" are the only words in the English language ending in
"-gry" (although gry is a word, it does not *end* in -gry, since a suffix requires
the word before it to be a word)

43. Sloths can move quickly, they just prefer to move at a slow pace.
(source)
44. There are only two families who produced a father and son who were US
presidents: Bush and Adams.

45. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes

46. Humans and horses are the only two animals that have hymens

47. Polish is the only word in the english language that has two completely
different meanings when the first letter is capitalized.

48. The longest word in the English language

is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

49. Margaret Kerry was the live action model for Walt Disney's Tinkerbell.

50. 111,111,111 * 111,111,111 = 12345678987654321

51. The average human lies at least twice a day.

52. Before Late Night Television, Jay Leno appeared in an episode of

Laverne and Shirley.

53. In "American Graffiti", the license plate on Richard Dreyfusses' car is

changed every time you see it.

54. Humans, dolphins and apes are the only mammals that have sex for
pleasure.

55. The shortest 5 syllable word in the english language is ideology.

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

57. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

58. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

59. There are more chickens than people in the world.

60. Two thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.
61. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

62. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

63. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

64. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

65. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

66. The only real people to be heads on a Pez dispenser are Betsy Ross,
Daniel Boone and Paul Revere (source).

67. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the
stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

68. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert
the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
(probably apocryphal)

69. A mayfly only lives a few minutes to a few days, depending on the
species.

70. A goldfish has a memory span of three months. (source)

71. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

72. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

73. Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser
himself.

74. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak during a
debate.

75. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube
and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
76. Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

77. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

78. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

79. Underground and Underfund are the only two words in the English
language that begin and end with the letters u-n-d.

80. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in ten different ways. The
following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced,
thoughtful ploughman swam through the lough at Scarborough; after falling
into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

81. The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are
antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

82. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.

83. Facetious, abstemious and arsenious contain all the vowels in the correct
order.

84. The sloth's metabolism is so slow that it can stay under water for more
than 30 minutes and not drown.

85. Spanish moss is a close relative of the pineapple.

86. "A quick sly fox jumped over the lazy brown dog" has every letter in the
alphabet. So does "The five boxing wizards jump quickly."

87. 'Cash Lost In 'Em' is an anagram of 'Slot Machines'

88. Horses can't throw up (Explanation)

89. A turkey can drown if it looks up while it's raining.

90. The term "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass mokey" started
when sailors in the navy witnessed the stack of cannon balls tumble off a
steel plate called a brass monkey in winters on the oceans.

91. The electric door bell was invented by Joseph Henry in 1831.

92. The wingspan of a Boeing 747 (~ 213 feet) is longer than the Wright
brothers' first flight (~ 120 feet).

93. Alexander Graham Bell refused to have a phone in his study - the ringing
drove him nuts.

94. Hostess Twinkies are 68% air.

95. Time Magazine's "Man" of the Year in 1982: The Personal Computer.

96. Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland standing up.

97. The smallest physically meaningful unit of time is one planck time, or the
time required for light to travel one Planck length. It is about 5.4 x 10 -
44
seconds.

98. Elvis had a pet monkey named Scatter.

99. The average adult has 5 million hair follicles.

100. Only female ducks quack. The males coo, hoto, honk and grunt, but they
don't quack.

101. Pumice is the only rock that floats.

102. 20% of all publications sold in Japan are comic books.

103. The average American consumes 87 hot dogs a year.

104. The tallest mountain on earth is not Mt. Everest, it's Hawaii's Mauna
Kea, 31,800 feet from the ocean floor.

105. The right rear tire on your car will generally wear out before the others
do.
106. Superglue will not stick to Teflon.

107. Insects outnumber people 1 million to one.

108. After spending 84 days in Skylab, astronauts found that they were 2
inches taller.

109. Enter the value 0.1134 on your calculator, then turn it upside down.
You've just written "hello."

110. There is 1 slot machine in Las Vegas for every 8 inhabitants.

111. Every year, 5,000 people injure themselves shooting pool.

112. 80% of all life on Earth is found in the ocean.

113. Sneakers were invented in 1917. They were called Keds.

114. A survey of people's greatest fears had the following results: 1) Heights,
2) Snakes, 3) Spiders, 4) Public speaking.

115. The average IQ of police officers is 104.

116. Timothy Leary was the godfather of actresses Uma Thurman and
Winona Ryder.

117. All of your body's functions, even your heart, stop when you sneeze.

118. The average American family spends more on taxes than on food,
clothing and shelter combined.

119. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of where they grew up.

120. In almost every language on earth, the word for Mother begins with the
letter 'M'.

121. If you counted 100 stars a minute, it would take 2,000 years to count all
the stars in our galaxy.
122. Every day, 1 acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people.

123. If Earth were the size of an apple, its atmosphere would be thinner than
the skin.

124. Before Columbus arrived in the Americas, no native american had type B
blood.

125. Pintos and Palominos are colors, not breeds, of horses.

126. An adult takes an average of 16 breaths a minute.

127. The best-selling passenger car ever was the VW Beetle. At least 22
million have been sold since 1937.

128. How long is a million seconds? 11.5 days.

129. A french kiss is known as an english kiss in France.

130. What do Albert Einstein, Tom Cruise and Walt Disney have in common?
Dyslexia.

131. Scientists say the easiest sound for the human ear to hear is "Ah."

132. When Astronauts returned from the moon, they had to go through
customs.

133. The average adult laughs 7 to 8 times a day.

134. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

135. It takes 7 shuffles to thoroughly mix a 52-card deck.

136. The index finger on the Statue of Liberty is 8 feet long.

137. The 7 deadly sins are: Pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, lust.

138. The 7 virtues are: Faith, hope, charity, fortitude, prudence, justice,
temperance.
139. The 7 dwarfs are: Dopey, Sneezy, Bashful, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy,
Doc.

140. The 7 seas are: Red, Adriatic, Black, Caspian, Mediterranean, Persian
Gulf, Indian Ocean.

141. Napoleon was not short as many people think. He was in fact 5 foot 6
1/2 inches, which is slightly taller than the average French man at the time.
The cause of the confusion was that in his autopsy it was said he was 5 foot 2
inches, but that was in French feet.1

142. The top speed of a racing pigeon in flight is 110mph.

143. A bison can jump as high as 6 feet off the ground.

144. It's impossible for most people to lick their elbow (try it).

145. A human yell would take 3 1/2 hours to travel from New York to San
Francisco.

146. Princeton professor John W. Tukey coined the term "software" in 1958.

147. The average cost of a movie in 1940 was 24¢

148. Aristotle stuttered.

149. Oscar the Grouch got his name from a seafood restaurant called Oscar's
on Lexington Avenue in NYC. Jim Henson and Jon Stone had lunch there
once and were inspired by an ill-tempered waiter.

150. The Hundred Years' War lasted for 116 years.

151. Albert Brooks, voice of Marlin the clownfish in Finding Nemo, was named
Albert Einstein.

152. The following capital letters are the same when viewed upside down: H,
I, N, O, S, X, Z
 153. Subcontinental, uncomplimentary, unoriental and unproprietary contain
all of the vowels in reverse order.

154. A polygon with a million sides is called a Megagon and one with
countably infinite sides is called an Apeirogon.

155. Dragonflies breathe through gills in their rectum.

156. Cafeterias in France are not permitted to serve ketchup in an effort to

preserve French food culture.

157. Your foot is about the same size as the distance from your wrist to your
elbow and your height is approximately the same as your wingspan (fingertip
to fingertip of your outstretched hands).

158. Marine algae produce 3/4 of the earth's oxygen.

159. A kangaroo can't jump or walk backwards because of their thick tail. For
that matter, they can't walk at all.

2.
3. 2. Cory Aquino’s favorite color was RED, not YELLOW.

4. The late President Corazon Aquino as well as the EDSA People

Power Revolution are best remembered through the iconic ‘yellow
ribbon’. However, she once admitted that RED was actually her first
favorite. The yellow color only came after some friends suggested the
song “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” for Ninoy’s homecoming. Cory continued to
use her yellow trademark after her husband’s death.
5.
6. 2. Cory Aquino’s favorite color was RED, not YELLOW.

7. The late President Corazon Aquino as well as the EDSA People

Power Revolution are best remembered through the iconic ‘yellow
ribbon’. However, she once admitted that RED was actually her first
favorite. The yellow color only came after some friends suggested the
song “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” for Ninoy’s homecoming. Cory continued to
use her yellow trademark after her husband’s death.
8.

9. 3. In 1992, Pepsi offered 1 million pesos to anyone who had a

bottle cap with “349” printed on it. Turns out, half a million bottle
 caps got the winning number.

10. Dubbed as the “Number Fever”, the promo was offered

by Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines. On May 25, 1992, the winning
numbers (i.e. 349) were finally released. Thousands claimed the prizes
but Pepsi officials revealed that there was a technical glitch. In the end,
the company spent more than 200 million pesos to pay up to 500, 000
disappointed claimants. The case of the infamous “Pepsi 349” fiasco
was finally closed in 2006.
11.

12.

13. 4. Major Archibald Butt, former military captain in the

Philippines, died in the sinking of Titanic in 1912.

14. A former journalist, Butt was a well-known military aide and

adviser to US presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt.
He joined the army who fought during the Spanish-American War.
15. After the war ended, he was assigned to the Philippines as a
volunteer and later promoted as Assistant Quartermaster with the rank
of Captain. He stayed in Manila until July 1903.

16. In 1912, after a short trip to Europe, Butt embarked Titanic to

return to the US. Sadly, he was one of the victims who perished when
the ship sank. His body was never recovered.
17.

18.

19. 5. Jaz Cola, a beverage produced by The Coca Cola

Company, was specifically made for the people in the Visayan
Islands.

20. Image source: Flickr

21. Jaz Cola is a cola-flavored drink and just one of the many custom
beverages made by Coca-Cola for the Philippine market. Originally
created for consumers living in the Visayan region, Jaz Cola has
reportedly “fueled Visayan pride among its teen consumers.”
22.

23.

24. 6. Aluling Bridge in Ilocos Sur took 35 years to complete.

25.
26. Image source: www.dpwh.gov.ph
27. After 35 years and 6 presidents, the Aluling Bridge was finally
completed on March 25 of this year. It’s construction first started in 1978
but due to a host of factors such as unpredictable weather and difficulty
of navigating the river, the completion was delayed for more than 3
decades. Aluling Bridge connects the provinces of Ilocos Sur and
Mountain Province.

28.

29.

30. 7. Gollum suluensis is a shark named after Gollum of the

movie “Lord of the Rings” and Philippines’ very own Sulu Sea.

31.
32.

33. Image source: LAST & GAUDIANO, Zootaxa 3002 (2011)

34. Discovered in Sulu, this New Zealand shark is one of the species
of the genus Gollum. Compared to it’s cousin (G. attenuatus), this shark
has a “darker, plainer and less contrasted coloration, softer body,
shorter and broader snout, smaller spiracle, larger pectoral fin, wider
head, as well as larger proportions of the nostril, mouth and interorbital
space.”
35.

36.
 37. 8. The first same-sex marriage in the Philippines was
between two NPA members.

38.
39. Image source: www.workers.org
40. In February 2005, Ka Andres and Ka Jose, two members of the
NPA (New People’s Army), exchanged vows in a symbolic ceremony
held in the Compostela Valley province in Mindanao.
1. Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne? Dom Perignon.
2. Name the largest freshwater lake in the world? Lake Superior.
3. Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility? The Moon.
4. What is someone who shoes horses called? A farrier.
5. What item of clothing was named after its Scottish inventor? A Mackintosh.
6. What kind of weapon is a falchion? A sword.
7. Which word goes before vest, beans and quartet? String.
8. What is another word for lexicon? Dictionary.
9. Name the seventh planet from the sun. Uranus.
10. Who invented the rabies vaccination? Louis Pasteur.

Ten Questions About Countries

1. Which is the only American state to begin with the letter 'p'? Pennsylvania.
2. Name the world's biggest island. Greenland.
3. What is the world's longest river? Amazon.
4. Name the world's largest ocean. Pacific.
5. What is the diameter of Earth? 8,000 miles.
 6. Where would you find the world's most ancient forest? Daintree Forest north of Cairns,
Australia.
7. Which four British cities have underground rail systems? Liverpool, Glasgow,
Newcastle and London.
8. What is the capital city of Spain? Madrid.
9. Which country is Prague in? Czech Republic.
10. Which English town was a forerunner of the Parks Movement and the first city in
Europe to have a street tram system? Birkenhead.

Ten Questions About Movies

1. Name the actor who starred in 142 films including The Quiet Man, The Shootist, The
Searchers and Stagecoach. John Wayne.
2. Name the film noir actress who starred in I Married a Witch, The Glass Key, So Proudly
We Hail! and Sullivan's Travels. Veronica Lake.
3. What is the oldest film ever made, and when was it made? Roundhay Garden Scene
made in 1888.
4. Which actress has won the most Oscars? Katharine Hepburn, with 4 Oscars and 12
nominations.
5. Which actress said, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night," in All About
Eve? Bette Davis (as Margo Channing.)
6. Name the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson.
7. Who played Neo in The Matrix? Keanu Reeves.
8. Name the actress whose career began at the age of 3, and who went on to star in films
such as Contact, Maverick and The Silence of the Lambs? Jodie Foster.
9. Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire, was home to which famous brand of horror
films? Hammer Horror.
10. In which film did Humphrey Bogart say, "We'll always have Paris?" Casablanca.

10 Questions About Gardening

Source

1. By what name is Lancelot Brown more usually known? Capability Brown.

2. Name the world famous gardens situated ten miles outside of London, close to the
River Thames. Kew Gardens.
 3. Which popular gardener created Barnsdale Gardens and was the author of many
books such as The Ornamental Kitchen Garden, 'Gardeners World' Practical
Gardening Course and Paradise Gardens? Geoff Hamilton.
4. Which garden is considered to be among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
5. What colour is a Welsh poppy? Yellow.
6. What colour is a Himalayan poppy? Blue.
7. Name the organic gardener who is almost as famous for his long blond plait as he is for
his books such as Going Organic and The Gourmet Gardener and his regular
appearances on the BBC radio's Gardener's Question Time. Bob Flowerdew.
8. Give the alternative name for a Mountain Ash tree. Rowan.
9. Which kind of bulbs were once exchanged as a form of currency? Tulips.
10. By which Latin name was Rosa Gallica previously known? Rosa Mundi.

10 Questions About Sports

1. What colour jersey is worn by the winners of each stage of the Tour De
France? Yellow.
2. Name the only heavyweight boxing champion to finish his career of 49 fights without
ever having been defeated? Rocky Marciano.
3. Which sport does Constantino Rocca play? Golf.
4. Name the country where you would find the Cresta Run. Switzerland.
5. How many times was the Men's Tennis Singles at Wimbledon won by Bjorn
Borg? Five.
6. In 2011, which country hosted a Formula 1 race for the first time? India.
7. Name the game played on a lawn called a 'crown green'. Bowls.
8. Which chess piece can only move diagonally? A bishop.
9. Name the only footballer to have played for Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City and
Manchester United. Peter Beardsley.
10. In football, who was nicknamed 'The Divine Ponytail'? Roberto Baggio.

10 Questions About the Arts

Source

1. Name the three primary colours. Red, yellow and blue.

2. In needlework, what does UFO refer to? An unfinished object.
 3. Name the famous ballet Russian dancer who changed the face of modern
ballet. Rudolf Nureyev.
4. What is the painting 'La Gioconda' more usually known as? The Mona Lisa.
5. What does the term 'piano' mean? To be played softly.
6. Name the Spanish artist, sculptor and draughtsman famous for co-founding the Cubist
movement. Pablo Picasso.
7. How many valves does a trumpet have? Three.
8. Who painted How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Percival were Fed with the Sanc
Grael; But Sir Percival's Sister Died by the Way? Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
9. If you were painting with tempera, what would you be using to bind together colour
pigments? Egg yolk.
10. What is John Leach famous for making? Pottery.

10 Questions About History

1. When was William Shakespeare born? 23rd April 1564.

2. On what date did the Battle of Culloden take place? 16th April 1746.
3. Who was Henry VIll's first wife? Catherine of Aragon.
4. Which famous battle between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French
Navy and Spanish Navy took place on 21st October 1805? Battle of Trafalgar.
5. Who became the British Prime Minister after Winston Churchill in 1955? Sir Robert Anthony
Eden, The 1st Earl of Avon.
6. When did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister? 1979.
7. When did the Cold War end? 1989.
8. Who was the architect who designed the Millennium Dome? Richard Rogers.
9. When did the Eurostar train service between Britain and France start running? 14th November
1994.
10. When was the euro introduced as legal currency on the world market? 1st January 1999.

. Oscar the Grouch used to be orange. Jim Henson decided to make him green before the
second season of Sesame Street. How did Oscar explain the color change? He said he went
on vacation to the very damp Swamp Mushy Muddy and turned green overnight.
2. On Good Friday in 1930, the BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead, they played
piano music.
3. The 3 Musketeers bar was originally split into three pieces with three different flavors:
vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. When the other flavors became harder to come by during
World War II, Mars decided to go all chocolate.
4. Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were
buried in one.
5. In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber
bands just to hold all their cash.
6. When he appeared on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, Bill Clinton correctly answered three
questions about My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
7. Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel
Silverstein.
8. Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course
offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)
9. M&M's actually stands for "Mars & Murrie's," the last names of the candy's founders.
10. Carly Simon's dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster. He co-founded the company.
11. When the mummy of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s, it was issued a
passport. Ramses' occupation? "King (deceased)."
12. In 1939, Hitler's nephew wrote an article called "Why I Hate My Uncle." He came to the
U.S., served in the Navy, and settled on Long Island.
13. In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her
arm was turned.

14. Reno is farther west than Los Angeles.

15. A 1913 New York Times article on portmanteaus includes the word "alcoholiday," which
describes leisure time spent drinking.
16. At Fatburger, you can order a "Hypocrite"—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of
bacon.
17. While many believe Hydrox cookies are an Oreo knock-off, Hydrox actually came first—
in 1908, four years before the Oreo.
18. In 1999, Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency's Maryland
headquarters because it was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.
19. Bear Bryant was once asked to contribute $10 to help pay for a sportswriter's funeral.
According to legend, he said, "Here's a twenty, bury two."
20. James Avery ("Uncle Phil" on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) was the voice of Shredder on
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
21. Kool-Aid was originally marketed as "Fruit Smack."
22. Only female mosquitoes will bite you.
23. The archerfish knocks its insect prey out of over-hanging branches with a stream of spit.
24. There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the
lieutenant governor of Jamaica.

25. In 1961, Martha Stewart was selected as one

of Glamour magazine;s "Ten Best-Dressed College Girls."
26. As part of David Hasselhoff's divorce settlement, he kept possession of the nickname
"Hoff" and the catchphrase "Don't Hassle the Hoff."
27. "Jay" used to be slang for "foolish person." So when a pedestrian ignored street signs,
he was referred to as a "jaywalker."
28. Duncan Hines was a real person. He was a popular restaurant critic who also wrote a
book of hotel recommendations.
29. The string on boxes of animal crackers was originally placed there so the container
could be hung from a Christmas tree.
30. Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys. (Go ahead and try typing
the other 49 states. We'll wait.)
31. At the 1905 wedding of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, President Teddy Roosevelt
gave away the bride.
32. William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from JFK's White House. "Why that’s a
hundred miles away," he said. "That’s a long way to go just to eat."
33. In 1907, an ad campaign for Kellogg's Corn Flakes offered a free box of cereal to any
woman who would wink at her grocer.
34. Why did the FBI call Ted Kaczynski "The Unabomber"? Because his early mail bombs
were sent to universities (UN) & airlines (A).
35. That thing you use to dot your lowercase "i" is called a tittle.
36. The only number whose letters are in alphabetical order is 40 (f-o-r-t-y).
37. The little BIC pen logo guy has a name. It's BIC Boy. Sorry if that's a letdown.
38. Bono was born Paul David Hewson.
39. The Edge's name is David Howell Evans.
40. Male students at Brigham Young University need a doctor's note to grow a beard.
41. In 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor—the voice of
Minnie.

42. The Arkansas School for the Deaf's nickname is the Leopards.
43. Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr. Seuss to write a book using no more than 50
different words. The result? Green Eggs and Ham.
44. Norwegian skier Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset on why he didn't win gold at the 2010 Olympics:
"I think I have seen too much porn in the last 14 days."
45. When asked why he chose the name Piggly Wiggly, founder Clarence Saunders said,
"So people will ask that very question."
46. Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
47. Jason Schwartzman's mom is Talia Shire.
48. The same person who sang "You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was also the voice of
Tony the Tiger (Thurl Ravenscroft).
49. Sorry, parents. According to NASA's FAQ page, "There are no plans at this time to send
children into space."
50. When asked who owned the patent on the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk said, "Well,
the people. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
51. The Q in Q-tips stands for quality. They were originally called Baby Gays.
52. A sequel called Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian was written but never produced.
53. After an online vote in 2011, Toyota announced that the official plural of Prius
was Prii.
54. In his book, Dick Cheney says his yellow lab Dave was banned from Camp
David for attacking President Bush's dog Barney.
55. Lyme disease is named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, where several
cases were identified in 1975.
56. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift won more Grammys (4) than Elvis did
his entire career (3).
57. When Coca-Cola announced the return of Coke's original formula in 1985, ABC
News interrupted General Hospital to break the story.
58. The giant inflatable rat that shows up at union protests has a name—Scabby.
59. When the computer mouse was invented, it was called the "X-Y Position
Indicator for a Display System."
60. The inventor of the AK-47 has said he wishes he'd invented something to help
farmers instead — "for example a lawnmower."
61. The Vatican Bank is the world's only bank that allows ATM users to perform
transactions in Latin.
62. The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's
Newsletter.
63. Google search suggestions for "Does Santa Claus" include "exist," "live in
Finland," "really exist," "have a dog" and "have an E at the end."
64. A milliHelen is the quantity of beauty required to launch just one ship.
65. The German word kummerspeck means excess weight gained from emotional
overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
66. The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

67. Only one McDonald's in the world has turquoise arches. Government officials in
Sedona, Arizona, thought the yellow would look bad with the natural red rock of the
city.
68. The Lebowski-inspired Church of the Latter-Day Dude says it has ordained over
100,000 Dudeist priests.
69. "Silver Bells" was called "Tinkle Bells" until co-composer Jay Livingston’s wife
told him "tinkle" had another meaning.
70. Michael Jackson's 1988 autobiography Moonwalk was edited by Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis.
71. How did Curious George get to America? He was captured in Africa by The Man
With the Yellow Hat — with his yellow hat.
72. An urban legend claimed Zima was not detectable by a breathalyzer, boosting its
popularity among the young and gullible.
73. On Saved by the Bell: The College Years, A.C. Slater learned his last name was
actually Sanchez. His dad changed it to get into the military academy.
74. In the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, 13 of the 15 jockeys were black. Of the first
28 Derby winners, 15 were black.
75. Tim Tebow's sister Katie married Gannon Shepherd, a 6'8", 315-pound former
defensive lineman from Duke who briefly played for the Jaguars.
76. Louie Anderson was originally cast as Balki's cousin on Perfect Strangers. After
the unaired pilot, Mark Linn-Baker took over the role.
77. Belmont University offered a course this year called "Oh, Look, a Chicken!
Embracing Distraction as a Way of Knowing."
78. Brenda Lee was only 13 when she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas
Tree."
79. Dr. Ruth was trained as a sniper by the Israeli military.
80. Asperger syndrome is named for Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger, who
described it in 1944. He called his patients "Little Professors."
81. The term "lawn mullet" refers to a neatly manicured front yard with an unmowed
mess in the back.
82. There was a long-lost fourth member of the Snap/Crackle/Pop gang. "Pow"
represented Rice Krispies' explosive nutritional value.
83. QR codes have been popping up in cemeteries. When you scan a code on a
gravestone, you can read an obituary and see photos of the deceased.
84. Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
85. To prevent Baby Jesus theft, BrickHouse Security's "Saving Jesus" program
offers a free GPS tracker for the star of your nativity scene.

86. From TIME:

“The USDA’s Food and Safety Inspection Service allows the use of the term ‘wyngz’
to denote a product that is in ‘the shape of a wing or a bite-sized appetizer type
product’ but that contains no wing meat but only under certain conditions. These
conditions include the stipulation that the poultry used is white chicken (with or
without skin) and that ‘a prominent, conspicuous, and legible descriptive name (e.g.,
‘contains no wing meat’) is placed in close proximity to the descriptive name and
linked to ‘wyngz’ by use of an asterisk.”
87. After OutKast sang "Shake it like a Polaroid picture," Polaroid released this
statement: "Shaking or waving can actually damage the image."
88. In 1983, before Sally Ride became the first American woman in space, a reporter
asked, "Do you weep when things go wrong on the job?"
89. In Peanuts in 1968, Snoopy trained to become a champion arm-wrestler. In the
end, he was disqualified for not having thumbs.
90. The female opossum has 13 nipples.
91. Mark Twain invented a board game called Mark Twain's Memory Builder: A Game
for Acquiring and Retaining All Sorts of Facts and Dates.

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92. About one in every 4 million lobsters is born with a rare genetic defect that turns
it blue.
93. In France, the Ashton Kutcher/Natalie Portman movie No Strings Attached was
called Sex Friends.
94. The famous "Heisman pose" is based on Ed Smith, a former NYU running back
who modeled for the trophy’s sculptor in 1934.
95. For $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag with
$10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.
96. Before going with Blue Devils, Duke considered the nicknames Blue Eagles,
Royal Blazes, Blue Warriors and Polar Bears.
97. At an NOAA conference in 1972, Roxcy Bolton proposed naming hurricanes after
Senators instead of women. She also preferred "him-i-canes."
98. For one day in 1998, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself "ToPikachu" to mark
Pokemon's U.S. debut.
99. Horses can't vomit.
100. Before settling on the Seven Dwarfs we know today, Disney also considered
Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy, and Awful.
101. The 1975 Dictionary of American Slang defines "happy cabbage" as money to be
spent "on entertainment or other self-satisfying things."
102. Herbert Hoover was Stanford's football team manager. At the first Stanford-Cal
game in 1892, he forgot to bring the ball.
103. The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name—
Norville Rogers.
104. From 1979-1985, G.E. Smith (of G.E. Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band)
was the lead guitarist for Hall & Oates.
105. Hawaiian Punch was originally developed in 1934 as a tropical flavored ice
cream topping.

106. Andy's evil neighbor Sid from Toy Story returns briefly as the garbage man in Toy
Story 3.
107. In the early stage version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s faithful companion Toto
was replaced by a cow named Imogene.
108. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans spend $310 million on
pet costumes last Halloween.
109. Jacuzzi is a brand name. You can also buy Jacuzzi toilets and mattresses.
110. During a 2004 episode of Sesame Street, Cookie Monster said that before he
started eating cookies, his name was Sid.
111. The Corduroy Appreciation Club celebrated 11-11-11 as The Day That Most
Resembles Corduroy.
112. Roger Ebert and Oprah Winfrey went on a couple dates in the mid-1980s. It
was Roger who convinced her to syndicate her talk show.
113. Failed PEZ flavors include coffee, eucalyptus, menthol, and flower.
114. The word "PEZ" comes from the German word for peppermint—PfeffErminZ
115. The duffel bag gets its name from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth
used in the bags was originally sold.