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 When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
The loudest sound that could be made in 1600 was that of a pipe organ
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's."
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
The only member of the band ZZ Top without a beard has the last name Beard.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins.
An ostrich does not stick it's head in a hole to hide
One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees (and can be replaced next season).
When possums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
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-Star Game.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to Mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That's why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris.
In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
During World War II, "gray" steel cents were issued to conserve usage of copper.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
The original Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland has a six thousand year lease.
Earth means "dirt."
Coke is used by Cops to clean Blood off the Ground!
Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms
A bung hole borer bores the hole in the keg for the spout
Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
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.
Australian Rules Football was originally designed to give cricketers something to play during the off season.
There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet
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In the theme song from "The Flintstones" the line after "Let's ride with the family down the street" is "Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet." |
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.
More food is thrown out each day in the United States than is needed to feed its hungry . . . by McDonalds
Did you know Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease? What are the odds of that?!?!
Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
The chances of your dying on the trip to buy your MegaBucks ticket is greater than your chance of winning
The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Stupid Laws : Denver, Colorado
It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe leaving her mentally retarded
You can't sleep with chickens in Clawson City, Mich
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.
WHO IS THE MOST MARRIED PERSON IN HISTORY?
Mongkut of Siam - the king in The King and I - had 9,000 wives and concubines. Solomon, by contrast, had only 700.
The most sensitive finger is the forefinger.
"I am." and "I do." are the shortest complete sentences in the English language.
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.
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The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later they were both eaten by a killer whale. |
Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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.
One lady had her husband's ashes made into an egg timer so that even in death he can still "help" in the kitchen.
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny
Of 200 Anglican priests polled only 68 could name all Ten Commandments. Half, however, said they believed in space aliens.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Every 30 seconds someone dies from smoking its not that hard to figure out so STOP!!!!! |
87.9% of LYONS Township students are likely to drink and/or try smoking(anything) before graduating
I smell Bacon! I smell Pork! Run lil' piggy i have a fork!
If Pringles are "so good that once you pop, you can't stop," then why do they come with a resealable lid?