The Golden Gate Bridge Was First Opened In 1937.
The Grand Canyon Was Not Seen By A White Man Until After The Civil War. It Was First Entered On May 29,1869, By The Geologist John Wesley Powell.
The Grateful Dead Were Once Called The Warlocks.
The Greatest Measured Water Discharge Was An Estimated 740,000-1,000,000 Gallons By The Giant Geyser, Also In Yellowstone National Park. However, This Estimate Made In The 1950S, Was Only A Rough Calculation.
The Guards Of Some Of The Emperors Of Byzantium Were Vikings.
The Harmonica Is The World’s Most Popular Instrument.
The Heat Of Peppers Is Rated On The Scoville Scale.
The Height Of The Eiffel Tower Varies As Much As Six Inches Depending On The Temperature.
The Heraldic Term Gules, Meaning Red, Comes From The French Word Gueules, Meaning A Throat.
The Highest Motorway In England Is The M62 Liverpool To Hull. At Its Peak It Reaches 1221 Feet Above Sea Level Over The Saddleworth Moor (Greater Manchester) The Burial Ground Of The Victims Of The Infamous Myra Hindley, Moors Murderer.
February Is Black History Month.
The Highest Wind Velocity Ever Recorded In The United States Was 231 Miles Per Hour, On Mount Washington, New Hampshire, In 1934
The Hippo Has Skin An Inch And A Half Thick, So Solid That Most Bullets Cannot Go Through.
The Holes In Fly Swatters Are Used To Lower Air Resistance.
The Holland And Lincoln Tunnels Under The Hudson River Connecting New Jersey And New York Are An Engineering Feat. The Air Circulators In The Tunnels Circulate Fresh Air Completely Every Ninety Seconds.
The Honey Badger Can Withstand Hundreds Of African Bee Stings That Would Kill Any Other Animal
The Hoover Dam Was Built To Last 2,000 Years. The Concrete In It Will Not Even Be Fully Cured For Another 500 Years.
The Horse’s Name In The Song Jingle Bells Is Bobtail.
The Hottest Chile In The World Is The Habanero.
The Housefly Hums In The Middle Octave, Key Of F.
The Hudson River Along The Island Of Manhattan Flows In Either Direction Depending On The Tide.
The Human Brain Is So Complex; That It Would Cost Over 8 Billion For Anyone To Program,And Sell A Computer(S) To Do All The Things It Does!
The Human Brain Stops Growing At The Age Of 18.
The Human Eye Sees Everthing Upside-Down, But The Brain Turns It Right Side Up.
The Human Tooth Has 55 Miles Of Canal In It.
The Hundred Billionth Crayon Made By Crayola Was Perriwinkle Blue.
The Hundred Years War Lasted For 116 Years.
The Hyoid Bone, In Your Throat, Is The Only Bone In The Body Not Attached To Any Other Bone.
The Infinity Sign Is Called A Lemniscate.
The Inhabitants Of Monaco Are Known As ‘Monegasques’.
The Japanese Translation Of Switch Is Pronounced Suitchi.
The Jolly Green Giant Is 68 Years Old.
The Katydid Bug Hears Through Holes In Its Hind Legs.
The Kidneys Filter About 500 Gallons Of Blood Each Day.
The L.L In L.L.Bean Stands For Leon Leonwood.
The Largest Apple Pie Ever Baked Was 40 X 23 Feet.
The Largest Country In Africa Is The Sudan. The Arc Of The Covenent Is Said To Be Located In Axum, Ethiopia.
The Largest Employer In The World Is The Indian Railway System, Employing Over A Million People.
The Largest Object That Was Ever Found In The Los Angeles Sewer System Was A Motorcycle.
The Largest Prime Number Is 13, 395 Digits Long; More Than The Number Of Atoms In The Universe.
The Largest School In The World Is A K-12 School In The Phillipines, With An Enrollment Of 25,000.
The Largest Taxi Fleet In The World Is Found In Mexico City. The City Boasts A Fleet Of Over 60,000 Taxis.
The Largest Volcano Known Is On Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 Miles Wide And 79,000 Feet High, Is Almost Three Times Higher Than Mount Everest.
The Last Of A Cat’s Senses To Develop Is Sight.
The Latin Name For Moose Is Alces Alces.
The Launching Mechanism Of A Carrier Ship That Helps Planes Take Off, Could Throw A Pickup Truck Over A Mile.
The Leaves Of The Victorian Water Lily Are Sometimes Over Six Feet In Diameter.
The Leg Bones Of A Bat Are So Thin That No Bat Can Walk.
The Legbones Of A Bat Are So Thin That No Bat Can Walk
The Leonberger Dog Breed Was Created By The Mayor Of Leonburg, Germany So That He Had A Dog That Looked Like The One On The Towns Crest.
The Less Nessman Character On The T.V. Series Wkrp In Cinncinnati Wore A Band-Aid In Every Episode. Either On Himself, His Glasses Or His Clothing.
The Letter J Does Not Appear Anywhere On The Periodic Table Of Elements.
The Letter W Is The Only Letter In The Alphabet That Doesn’t Have One Syllable, It Has Three.
The Letters Kgb Stand For Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
The License Plate Number That Appears On The Volkswagon That Appeared On The Cover Of The Beatles Abbey Road Album Was 281F
The Lifespan Of A Squirrel Is About Nine Years.
The Lifespan Of A Tastebud Is 10 Days.
The Lining Of Your Digestive System Is Shed Every 7 Minutes.
The List Of Ingredients That Make Up Lipstick Include Fish Scales.
The Literal Translation For Kung-Fu Is :Leisure Time.
The Little Bags Of Netting For Gas Lanterns (Called Mantles) Are Radioactive–So Much So That They Will Set Off An Alram At A Nuclear Reactor.
The Little Lump Of Flesh Just Forward Of Your Ear Canal, Right Next To Your Temple, Is Called A Tragus.
The Longest Bout Of Sneezing Recorded Was By Donna Griffith. It Began In January 1981 And Continued Until September 198 It Lasted For 978 Days.
The Longest Chapter In The Bible Is Psalm 119.
The Longest Film Ever Released Was The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple In 1928 Lasting 27 Hours.
The Longest Hollywood Kiss Was From The 1941 Film You’re In The Army Now, It Lasted 3 Minutes And 3 Seconds.
The Longest Monopoly Game Ever Played Was 1,680 Hours Long, That’s 70 Straight Days!
The Longest Monopoly Game In A Bathtub Was 99 Hours Long.
The Longest One-Syllable Word In The English Language Is Screeched.
The Longest Place Name Still In Use Is: “TaumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakApikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu” A New Zealand Hill.
The Longest Placename In Great Britain Is Gorsafawddachaidraigddanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion.
The Longest Recorded Life Spam Of A Camel Was 35 Years, 5 Months.
The Longest Species Of Centipede Is The Giant Scolopender (Scolopendra Gigantea), Found In The Rain Forests Of Central And South America. It Has 23 Segments (46 Legs) And Specimens Have Been Measured Up To 10.5 Inches Long And 1′ In Diameter.
The Longest Species Of Earthworm Is The Megascolides Australis, Found In Australia In 1868. An Average Specimen Measures 4′ In Length, 2′ When Contracted, And 7′ When Naturally Extended.
The Longest Street In The World Is Yonge Street, Which Starts In Toronto, On The North Shore Of Lake Ontario, And Winds Its Way North Then West To End At The Ontario-Manitoba-Minnesota Border.
The Longest U.S. Highway Is Route 20 Which Is Over 3,200 Miles.
The Longest Word In The English Language Is 1909 Letters Long And It Refers To A Distinct Part Of Dna.
The Lowest Temperature Ever Recorded In The World Was 129F Degrees Below 0 At Vostok, Antarctica, On July 21, 1983.
The Magic Word ‘Abracadabra’ Was Originally Intended For The Specific Purpose Of Curing Hay Fever.
The Main Library At Indiana University Sinks Over An Inch Every Year Because When It Was Built, Engineers Failed To Take Into Account The Weight Of All Books That Would Occupy The Building.
The Male Of One Species Of Insect Related To The Praying Mantis Can Only Reproduce After The Female Has Bitten Off His Head.
The Male Scorpion Fly Gets Other Males To Bring Him Food By Imitating A Female Fly.
The Mamas And Papas Were Once Called The Mugwumps.
The Many Sights That Represent The Chinese City Of Beijing Were Built By Foreigners: The Forbidden City Was Built By The Mongols, The Temple Of Heaven By The Manchurians.
The Mask Used By Michael Myers In The Original Halloween Was Actually A Captain Kirk Mask Painted White.
The Mcdonalds At The Skydome In Toronto, Ontario, Is The Only One In The World That Sells Hot Dogs.
The Metal Instrument Used In Shoe Stores To Measure Feet Is Called The Brannock Device.
The Metal Part At The End Of A Pencil Is Twenty Percent Sulphur.
The Metal Part Of A Lamp That Surrounds The Bulb And Supports The Shade Is Called A Harp.
The Mgm Lion Lived In Memphis Until His Death.
The Microwave Was Invented After A Researcher Walked By A Radar Tube And A Chocolate Bar Melted In His Pocket.
The Mola Mola, Or Ocean Sunfish, Lays Up To 5,000,000 Eggs At One Time.
The Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan’s Original Name Was Temujin.
The Moon Weighs 81,000 Trillion Tons
The Most Collect Calls Are Made On Father’s Day.
The Most Common Name For A Gold Fish Is “Jaws”.
The Most Common Name In Italy Is Mario Rossi.
The Most Dangerous Job In The United States Is That Of Sanitation Worker. Firemen And Policeman Are A Close Second And Third, Followed By Leather Tanners In Fourth.
The Most Diffiult Tongue-Twister Is “The Sixth Sick Sheik’s Sixth Sheep’s Sick”?
The Most Poisonous Snake In The World Is The Tiger Snake In Australia. One Milligram Of Its Venom Can Kill One Human Being.
The Most Popular Ice Cream Flavour Is Vanilla.
The Most Popular Name For A Boat In 1996 Was Serenity.
The Most Popular Sport As A Topic For A Film Is Boxing.
The Most Remote Island In The World Is Tristan Da Cunha, Which Is Above The Subantartic Zone.
The Most Sensitive Cluster Of Nerves Is At The Base Of The Spine.
The Most Sensitive Finger Is The Forefinger.
The Most Used Letter In The English Alphabet Is ‘E’, And ‘Q’ Is The Least Used.
The Mother’s Purr Acts As A Homing Device, Announcing To Her Babies That Nursing Time Has Arrived. Kittens Begin To Purr In Return At About One Week Of Age – Perhaps As A Gesture Of Gratitude, Or Maybe As A Request For Milk – And Continue To Purr For The Rest Of Their Lives.
The Movie ‘Cleopatra’, Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Was Banned From Egypt In 1963 Because She Was A Jewish Convert.
The Movie Clue Has Three Different Endings. Each Ending Was Randomly Chosen For Different Theaters. All Three Endings Are Present In The Home Video.
The Movie Playing At The Drive-In At The Beginning Of The Flintstones Was The Monster.
The Movie, Paris, Texas Was Banned In Teh City Paris, Texas Shortly After Its Box Office Release.
The Music Hall Entertainer Nosmo King Derived His Stage Name From A ‘No Smoking’ Sign.
The Naked Truth: The Fable Says That The Truth And Falsehood Went Bathing; Falsehood Came First Out Of The Water, And Dressed Herself In Truth’s Garments. Truth, Unwilling To Take Those Of Falsehood, Went Naked.
The Name Fez Is Turkish For Hat.
The Name For Fungal Remains Found In Coal Is Sclerotinite.
The Name For Oz In The Wizard Of Oz Was Thought Up When The Creator, Frank Baum, Looked At His Filing Cabinet And Saw A-N, And O-Z, Hence Oz
The Name Horshack (Arnold In Welcome Back Kotter) Means The Cattle Are Dying.
The Name Jeep Came From The Abbreviation Used In The Army For The General Purpose Vehicle, G.P.
The Name Of All Continents End With The Same Letter They Begin With.
The Name Of Jaba The Hutt’s Pet Spider Monkey Is Salacious Crumb
The Name Of Jabba Hut’s Pet Spider Monkey Is Salacious Crumb.
The Name Of The ‘Love Boat’ Was The ‘Pacific Princess’.
The Name Of The Asteroid That Was Believed To Have Killed The Dinosaurs Was Named Chixalub (Pronounced Sheesh-Uh-Loob).
The Name Of The Dog From The Grinch Who Stole Christmas Is Max.
The Name Of The Dog On The Cracker Jack Box Is Bingo.
The Name Of The Girl On The Statue Of Liberty Is Mother Of Exiles.
The Name Of The Vulcan’s Heaven Is Sha Ka Ree.
The Names Of The Three Wise Monkeys Are: Mizaru: See No Evil, Mikazaru: Hear No Evil, And Mazaru: Speak No Evil.
The Names Of The Two Stone Lions In Front Of The New York Public Library Are Patience And Fortitude. They Were Named By Then-Mayor Fiorello Laguardia.
The National Anthem Of Greece Has 158 Verses.
The National Anthem Of The Netherlands Het Wilhelmus, Is An ‘Acrostichon.’ The First Letters Of Each Of The Fifteen Verses Represent The Name Willem Van Nassov.
The National Average Act Score Is 17.
The National Flower Of Greenland Is The Willow Herb.
The Neanderthal’s Brain Was Bigger Than Yours Is.
The Netherlands And The United States Both Have Anthems That Do Not Mention Their Country’s Name.
The Newspaper Serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, The Home Of Rocky And Bullwinkle, Is The Picayune Intellegence.
The Next-To-Last Event Is The Penultimate, And The Second-To-Last Is The Antepenultimate.
The Night Sky Appears Full Of Stars, But Actually 3,000 Stars Are Visible To The Naked Eye.
The Nobel Prize Resulted From A Late Change In The Will Of Alfred Nobel, Who Did Not Want To Be Remembered After His Death As A Propagator Of Violence – He Invented Dynamite.
The Nullarbor In Nullarbor Desert In Western Australia Is A Latin Name; Null=No, Arbor=Trees.
The Number 57 On A Heinz Ketchup Bottle Represents The Number Of Varieties Of Pickle The Company Once Had.
The Number In The Lower-Right Corner Of The New $20, $50, And $100 Bills Changes Color At Different Angles To Prevent Cons From Copying Them.
The Number Is Minutes Of Telephone Calling In An Average Business Day Is 9,500,000,000.
The Number Of Births In India Each Year Is Greater Than The Entire Population Of Australia.
The Number Of The Trash Compactor In Star Wars Is 3263827.
The Number One Cause Of Blindness In The United States Is Diabetes.
The Number One Favorite Cat Name Is Kitty.
The Number One Favorite Dog Name Is Brandy.
The Official, Neutral Name Of Switzerland, Which Has Multiple Official Languages, Is The Latin Confederation Helvetica, Or The Helvetic Confederation, Thus The Ch On License Plates, Stickers And E-Mail Addresses.
The Old English Word For Sneeze Is Fneosan.
The Oldest Domestic Cat (With Reliable Documentation) Was A Female Tabby Named Ma That Lived To Be 34 Years Old.
The Oldest Exposed Surface On Earth Is New Zealand’s South Island.
The Oldest Known Goldfish Lived To 41 Years Of Age. Its Name Was Fred.
The Oldest Player To Score His Age Is C. Arthur Thompson (1869-1975) Of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Who Scored 103 On The Uplands Course Of 6,215 Yd, Age 103 In 1972
The Oldest Word In The English Language Is Town.
The One-Hundred Eleventh Element Is Known As Unnilenilenium
The Only 15-Letter Word That Can Be Spelled Without Repeating A Letter Is Uncopyrightable.
The Only Bone Not Broken So Far During Any Ski Accident Is One Located In The Inner Ear.
The Only Borough Of New York City That Isn’t An Island Or Part Of An Island Is The Bronx.
The Only Contemporary Words That End With Gry Are Angry And Hungry.
The Only Continent Without Reptiles Or Snakes Is Antarctica.
The Only Country To Register Zero Births In 1983 Was The ‘Vatican City’.
The Only Domestic Animal Not Mentioned In The Bible Is The Cat.
The Only Insect That Can Turn Its Head 360 Degrees Is The Praying Mantis.
The Only Married Couple To Fly Together In Space Were Jan Davis And Mark Lee, Who Flew Aboard The Endeavour Space Shuttle From Sept 12-20, 1992
The Only Person Ever To Play Golf On The Moon Was Alan Shepard. They Never Found The Ball.
The Only Person To Decline A Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Was Sinclair Lewis For His Book Arrowsmith.
The Only Planet Without A Ring Is Earth.
The Only President To Be Head Of A Labor Union Was Ronald Reagan.
The Only Purple Animal Is The South African Blesbok.
The Only Real Food U.S. Astronauts Are Allowed In Space Are Pecan Nuts.
The Only Real Person To Be A Pez Head Was Betsy Ross.
The Only Social Fraternity Founded During The Civil War Was Theta Xi Fraternity, At Rensselear Polytechnic Institute In Troy, New York In 1862
The Only Three Us Presidents Who Ever Had To Deal With Real Or Impending Impeachment — Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon And Bill Clinton — All Have Names That Are Euphemisms For Penis — Johnson, Dick And Willie.
The Only Way To Stop The Pain Of The Flathead Fish’s Sting Is By Rubbing The Same Fish’s Slime On The Wound It Gave You.
The Opera Singer Enrico Caruso Practiced In The Bath, While Accompanied By A Pianist In A Nearby Room.
The Opposite Sides Of A Dice Cube Add Up To Seven.
The Original Fifty Cent Piece In Australian Decimal Currency Had Around $100 Worth Of Silver In It Before It Was Replaced With A Less Expensive Twelve Sided Coin.
The Original Ibm Punchcard Is The Same Size As A Civil War Era Dollar Bill.
The Original Name For Butterfly Was Flutterby.
The Original Story From Tales Of 1001 Arabian Nights Begins, Aladdin Was A Little Chinese Boy.
The Pacific Ocean Fills Nearly A Complete Hemisphere Of The Earth’s Surface.
The Palms Of Your Hands And The Soles Of Your Feet Cannot Tan.
The Pancreas Produces Insulin.
The Parachute Was Invented By Leonardo Da Vinci In 1515.
The Pentagon In Washington, D.C. Has Five Sides, Five Stories And Five Acres In The Middle.
The Perfect Pickle Should Have Seven Warts Per Square Inch.
The Permanant Teeth That Erupt To Replace Their Primary Predecessors (Baby Teeth) Are Called Succedaneous Teeth.
The Phillips Screwdriver Was Invented In Oregon.
The Phrase Jet Lag Was Once Called Boat Lag, Back Before Airplanes Existed.
The Phrase Sleep Tight Originated When Mattresses Were Set Upon Ropes Woven Through The Bed Frame. To Remedy Sagging Ropes, One Would Use A Bed Key To Tighten The Rope.
The Placement Of A Donkey’s Eyes In Its Head Enables It To See All Four Feet At All Times.
The Planet Saturn Has A Density Lower Than Water. If There Was A Bathtub Large Enough To Hold It, Saturn Would Float.
The Plastic Things On The End Of Shoelaces Are Called Aglets.
The Poison Arrow Frog Has Enough Poison To Kill About 2,200 People.
The Popular Syndicated Advice Columnists Dear Abbey And Anne Landers Where Actually Identical Twin Sisters. Anne Landers Was Really Named Ephy And Dear Abbey Was Really Named Popo. (At Least Those Were Nicknames.) Anne Landers Started Her Column First And Eventually The Unintended Competition Between The Two (Including A Full Length Article In Life Magazine) Broke The Two Apart. They Eventually Reconciled. Anne Landers Did Not Originate Her Role While Dear Abbey Did.
The Population Of Texas Is 18 Million, Not Including The 16 Million Cattle.
The Pound Sign On A Telephone Is Called A ‘Octothorp’.
The Practice Of Exchanging Presents At Christmas Originated With The Romans.
The Proposed William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library Will Have A Section Where You Must Be 18 Or Older To Read Certain Documents. (Did You Know They Actually Start Planning These Libraries As Soon As They Get Into Office So They Can Decide What To Keep To Put In Them?)
The Province Of Alberta, Canada Has Been Completely Free Of Rats Since 1905
The Pug Dog Is Thought To Have Gotten Its Name From Looking Like The Pug Monkey.
The Pupil Of An Octopus’ Eye Is Rectangular.
The Quartz Crystal In Your Wristwatch Vibrates 32,768 Times A Second.
The Queen (Or More Precisely The Royal Household) Owns All Swans In England. The Post Of Royal Swankeeper Is A Post That Has Been Around Pre-1215 And He And His Staff Are Responsible For Keeping Accurate Statistics About The Number And Whereabouts Of The Royal Swans.
The Queen Of England Has Two Birthdays.
The Qwerty Typewriter Was Designed Such That The Left Hand Typed The Most Common Letters Used In Order To Slow Down Typists To Keep The Typewriters From Jamming.
The R In Dean R. Koontz’s Name Stands For Ray.
The Radio-Active Substance, Americanium-241 Is Used In Many Smoke Detectors.
The Raised Reflective Dots In The Middle Of Highways Are Called Botts Dots.
The Ramses Brand Condom Is Named After The Great Phaoroh Ramses Ii Who Fathered Over 160 Children.
The Real Name Of The I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up Woman Is Edith Fore.
The Record For The World’s Worst Drivers Is A Toss-Up Between Two Candidates: First, A 75-Year-Old Man Who Received 10 Traffic Tickets, Drove On The Wrong Side Of The Road Four Times, Committed Four Hit-And-Run Offenses, An Caused Six Accidents, All Within 20 Minutes On October 15, 1966. Second, A 62-Year-Old Woman Who Failed Her Driving Test 40 Times Before Passing It In August, 1970 (By That Time, She Had Spent Over $700 In Lessons, And Could No Longer Afford To Buy A Car). [Source: Guinness Book Of World Records]
The Red Baron’s Real Name Was Manfred Von Richtofen.
The Grand Canyon Was Not Seen By A White Man Until After The Civil War. It Was First Entered On May 29,1869, By The Geologist John Wesley Powell.
The Grateful Dead Were Once Called The Warlocks.
The Greatest Measured Water Discharge Was An Estimated 740,000-1,000,000 Gallons By The Giant Geyser, Also In Yellowstone National Park. However, This Estimate Made In The 1950S, Was Only A Rough Calculation.
The Guards Of Some Of The Emperors Of Byzantium Were Vikings.
The Harmonica Is The World’s Most Popular Instrument.
The Heat Of Peppers Is Rated On The Scoville Scale.
The Height Of The Eiffel Tower Varies As Much As Six Inches Depending On The Temperature.
The Heraldic Term Gules, Meaning Red, Comes From The French Word Gueules, Meaning A Throat.
The Highest Motorway In England Is The M62 Liverpool To Hull. At Its Peak It Reaches 1221 Feet Above Sea Level Over The Saddleworth Moor (Greater Manchester) The Burial Ground Of The Victims Of The Infamous Myra Hindley, Moors Murderer.
February Is Black History Month.
The Highest Wind Velocity Ever Recorded In The United States Was 231 Miles Per Hour, On Mount Washington, New Hampshire, In 1934
The Hippo Has Skin An Inch And A Half Thick, So Solid That Most Bullets Cannot Go Through.
The Holes In Fly Swatters Are Used To Lower Air Resistance.
The Holland And Lincoln Tunnels Under The Hudson River Connecting New Jersey And New York Are An Engineering Feat. The Air Circulators In The Tunnels Circulate Fresh Air Completely Every Ninety Seconds.
The Honey Badger Can Withstand Hundreds Of African Bee Stings That Would Kill Any Other Animal
The Hoover Dam Was Built To Last 2,000 Years. The Concrete In It Will Not Even Be Fully Cured For Another 500 Years.
The Horse’s Name In The Song Jingle Bells Is Bobtail.
The Hottest Chile In The World Is The Habanero.
The Housefly Hums In The Middle Octave, Key Of F.
The Hudson River Along The Island Of Manhattan Flows In Either Direction Depending On The Tide.
The Human Brain Is So Complex; That It Would Cost Over 8 Billion For Anyone To Program,And Sell A Computer(S) To Do All The Things It Does!
The Human Brain Stops Growing At The Age Of 18.
The Human Eye Sees Everthing Upside-Down, But The Brain Turns It Right Side Up.
The Human Tooth Has 55 Miles Of Canal In It.
The Hundred Billionth Crayon Made By Crayola Was Perriwinkle Blue.
The Hundred Years War Lasted For 116 Years.
The Hyoid Bone, In Your Throat, Is The Only Bone In The Body Not Attached To Any Other Bone.
The Infinity Sign Is Called A Lemniscate.
The Inhabitants Of Monaco Are Known As ‘Monegasques’.
The Japanese Translation Of Switch Is Pronounced Suitchi.
The Jolly Green Giant Is 68 Years Old.
The Katydid Bug Hears Through Holes In Its Hind Legs.
The Kidneys Filter About 500 Gallons Of Blood Each Day.
The L.L In L.L.Bean Stands For Leon Leonwood.
The Largest Apple Pie Ever Baked Was 40 X 23 Feet.
The Largest Country In Africa Is The Sudan. The Arc Of The Covenent Is Said To Be Located In Axum, Ethiopia.
The Largest Employer In The World Is The Indian Railway System, Employing Over A Million People.
The Largest Object That Was Ever Found In The Los Angeles Sewer System Was A Motorcycle.
The Largest Prime Number Is 13, 395 Digits Long; More Than The Number Of Atoms In The Universe.
The Largest School In The World Is A K-12 School In The Phillipines, With An Enrollment Of 25,000.
The Largest Taxi Fleet In The World Is Found In Mexico City. The City Boasts A Fleet Of Over 60,000 Taxis.
The Largest Volcano Known Is On Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 Miles Wide And 79,000 Feet High, Is Almost Three Times Higher Than Mount Everest.
The Last Of A Cat’s Senses To Develop Is Sight.
The Latin Name For Moose Is Alces Alces.
The Launching Mechanism Of A Carrier Ship That Helps Planes Take Off, Could Throw A Pickup Truck Over A Mile.
The Leaves Of The Victorian Water Lily Are Sometimes Over Six Feet In Diameter.
The Leg Bones Of A Bat Are So Thin That No Bat Can Walk.
The Legbones Of A Bat Are So Thin That No Bat Can Walk
The Leonberger Dog Breed Was Created By The Mayor Of Leonburg, Germany So That He Had A Dog That Looked Like The One On The Towns Crest.
The Less Nessman Character On The T.V. Series Wkrp In Cinncinnati Wore A Band-Aid In Every Episode. Either On Himself, His Glasses Or His Clothing.
The Letter J Does Not Appear Anywhere On The Periodic Table Of Elements.
The Letter W Is The Only Letter In The Alphabet That Doesn’t Have One Syllable, It Has Three.
The Letters Kgb Stand For Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.
The License Plate Number That Appears On The Volkswagon That Appeared On The Cover Of The Beatles Abbey Road Album Was 281F
The Lifespan Of A Squirrel Is About Nine Years.
The Lifespan Of A Tastebud Is 10 Days.
The Lining Of Your Digestive System Is Shed Every 7 Minutes.
The List Of Ingredients That Make Up Lipstick Include Fish Scales.
The Literal Translation For Kung-Fu Is :Leisure Time.
The Little Bags Of Netting For Gas Lanterns (Called Mantles) Are Radioactive–So Much So That They Will Set Off An Alram At A Nuclear Reactor.
The Little Lump Of Flesh Just Forward Of Your Ear Canal, Right Next To Your Temple, Is Called A Tragus.
The Longest Bout Of Sneezing Recorded Was By Donna Griffith. It Began In January 1981 And Continued Until September 198 It Lasted For 978 Days.
The Longest Chapter In The Bible Is Psalm 119.
The Longest Film Ever Released Was The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple In 1928 Lasting 27 Hours.
The Longest Hollywood Kiss Was From The 1941 Film You’re In The Army Now, It Lasted 3 Minutes And 3 Seconds.
The Longest Monopoly Game Ever Played Was 1,680 Hours Long, That’s 70 Straight Days!
The Longest Monopoly Game In A Bathtub Was 99 Hours Long.
The Longest One-Syllable Word In The English Language Is Screeched.
The Longest Place Name Still In Use Is: “TaumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakApikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu” A New Zealand Hill.
The Longest Placename In Great Britain Is Gorsafawddachaidraigddanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion.
The Longest Recorded Life Spam Of A Camel Was 35 Years, 5 Months.
The Longest Species Of Centipede Is The Giant Scolopender (Scolopendra Gigantea), Found In The Rain Forests Of Central And South America. It Has 23 Segments (46 Legs) And Specimens Have Been Measured Up To 10.5 Inches Long And 1′ In Diameter.
The Longest Species Of Earthworm Is The Megascolides Australis, Found In Australia In 1868. An Average Specimen Measures 4′ In Length, 2′ When Contracted, And 7′ When Naturally Extended.
The Longest Street In The World Is Yonge Street, Which Starts In Toronto, On The North Shore Of Lake Ontario, And Winds Its Way North Then West To End At The Ontario-Manitoba-Minnesota Border.
The Longest U.S. Highway Is Route 20 Which Is Over 3,200 Miles.
The Longest Word In The English Language Is 1909 Letters Long And It Refers To A Distinct Part Of Dna.
The Lowest Temperature Ever Recorded In The World Was 129F Degrees Below 0 At Vostok, Antarctica, On July 21, 1983.
The Magic Word ‘Abracadabra’ Was Originally Intended For The Specific Purpose Of Curing Hay Fever.
The Main Library At Indiana University Sinks Over An Inch Every Year Because When It Was Built, Engineers Failed To Take Into Account The Weight Of All Books That Would Occupy The Building.
The Male Of One Species Of Insect Related To The Praying Mantis Can Only Reproduce After The Female Has Bitten Off His Head.
The Male Scorpion Fly Gets Other Males To Bring Him Food By Imitating A Female Fly.
The Mamas And Papas Were Once Called The Mugwumps.
The Many Sights That Represent The Chinese City Of Beijing Were Built By Foreigners: The Forbidden City Was Built By The Mongols, The Temple Of Heaven By The Manchurians.
The Mask Used By Michael Myers In The Original Halloween Was Actually A Captain Kirk Mask Painted White.
The Mcdonalds At The Skydome In Toronto, Ontario, Is The Only One In The World That Sells Hot Dogs.
The Metal Instrument Used In Shoe Stores To Measure Feet Is Called The Brannock Device.
The Metal Part At The End Of A Pencil Is Twenty Percent Sulphur.
The Metal Part Of A Lamp That Surrounds The Bulb And Supports The Shade Is Called A Harp.
The Mgm Lion Lived In Memphis Until His Death.
The Microwave Was Invented After A Researcher Walked By A Radar Tube And A Chocolate Bar Melted In His Pocket.
The Mola Mola, Or Ocean Sunfish, Lays Up To 5,000,000 Eggs At One Time.
The Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan’s Original Name Was Temujin.
The Moon Weighs 81,000 Trillion Tons
The Most Collect Calls Are Made On Father’s Day.
The Most Common Name For A Gold Fish Is “Jaws”.
The Most Common Name In Italy Is Mario Rossi.
The Most Dangerous Job In The United States Is That Of Sanitation Worker. Firemen And Policeman Are A Close Second And Third, Followed By Leather Tanners In Fourth.
The Most Diffiult Tongue-Twister Is “The Sixth Sick Sheik’s Sixth Sheep’s Sick”?
The Most Poisonous Snake In The World Is The Tiger Snake In Australia. One Milligram Of Its Venom Can Kill One Human Being.
The Most Popular Ice Cream Flavour Is Vanilla.
The Most Popular Name For A Boat In 1996 Was Serenity.
The Most Popular Sport As A Topic For A Film Is Boxing.
The Most Remote Island In The World Is Tristan Da Cunha, Which Is Above The Subantartic Zone.
The Most Sensitive Cluster Of Nerves Is At The Base Of The Spine.
The Most Sensitive Finger Is The Forefinger.
The Most Used Letter In The English Alphabet Is ‘E’, And ‘Q’ Is The Least Used.
The Mother’s Purr Acts As A Homing Device, Announcing To Her Babies That Nursing Time Has Arrived. Kittens Begin To Purr In Return At About One Week Of Age – Perhaps As A Gesture Of Gratitude, Or Maybe As A Request For Milk – And Continue To Purr For The Rest Of Their Lives.
The Movie ‘Cleopatra’, Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Was Banned From Egypt In 1963 Because She Was A Jewish Convert.
The Movie Clue Has Three Different Endings. Each Ending Was Randomly Chosen For Different Theaters. All Three Endings Are Present In The Home Video.
The Movie Playing At The Drive-In At The Beginning Of The Flintstones Was The Monster.
The Movie, Paris, Texas Was Banned In Teh City Paris, Texas Shortly After Its Box Office Release.
The Music Hall Entertainer Nosmo King Derived His Stage Name From A ‘No Smoking’ Sign.
The Naked Truth: The Fable Says That The Truth And Falsehood Went Bathing; Falsehood Came First Out Of The Water, And Dressed Herself In Truth’s Garments. Truth, Unwilling To Take Those Of Falsehood, Went Naked.
The Name Fez Is Turkish For Hat.
The Name For Fungal Remains Found In Coal Is Sclerotinite.
The Name For Oz In The Wizard Of Oz Was Thought Up When The Creator, Frank Baum, Looked At His Filing Cabinet And Saw A-N, And O-Z, Hence Oz
The Name Horshack (Arnold In Welcome Back Kotter) Means The Cattle Are Dying.
The Name Jeep Came From The Abbreviation Used In The Army For The General Purpose Vehicle, G.P.
The Name Of All Continents End With The Same Letter They Begin With.
The Name Of Jaba The Hutt’s Pet Spider Monkey Is Salacious Crumb
The Name Of Jabba Hut’s Pet Spider Monkey Is Salacious Crumb.
The Name Of The ‘Love Boat’ Was The ‘Pacific Princess’.
The Name Of The Asteroid That Was Believed To Have Killed The Dinosaurs Was Named Chixalub (Pronounced Sheesh-Uh-Loob).
The Name Of The Dog From The Grinch Who Stole Christmas Is Max.
The Name Of The Dog On The Cracker Jack Box Is Bingo.
The Name Of The Girl On The Statue Of Liberty Is Mother Of Exiles.
The Name Of The Vulcan’s Heaven Is Sha Ka Ree.
The Names Of The Three Wise Monkeys Are: Mizaru: See No Evil, Mikazaru: Hear No Evil, And Mazaru: Speak No Evil.
The Names Of The Two Stone Lions In Front Of The New York Public Library Are Patience And Fortitude. They Were Named By Then-Mayor Fiorello Laguardia.
The National Anthem Of Greece Has 158 Verses.
The National Anthem Of The Netherlands Het Wilhelmus, Is An ‘Acrostichon.’ The First Letters Of Each Of The Fifteen Verses Represent The Name Willem Van Nassov.
The National Average Act Score Is 17.
The National Flower Of Greenland Is The Willow Herb.
The Neanderthal’s Brain Was Bigger Than Yours Is.
The Netherlands And The United States Both Have Anthems That Do Not Mention Their Country’s Name.
The Newspaper Serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, The Home Of Rocky And Bullwinkle, Is The Picayune Intellegence.
The Next-To-Last Event Is The Penultimate, And The Second-To-Last Is The Antepenultimate.
The Night Sky Appears Full Of Stars, But Actually 3,000 Stars Are Visible To The Naked Eye.
The Nobel Prize Resulted From A Late Change In The Will Of Alfred Nobel, Who Did Not Want To Be Remembered After His Death As A Propagator Of Violence – He Invented Dynamite.
The Nullarbor In Nullarbor Desert In Western Australia Is A Latin Name; Null=No, Arbor=Trees.
The Number 57 On A Heinz Ketchup Bottle Represents The Number Of Varieties Of Pickle The Company Once Had.
The Number In The Lower-Right Corner Of The New $20, $50, And $100 Bills Changes Color At Different Angles To Prevent Cons From Copying Them.
The Number Is Minutes Of Telephone Calling In An Average Business Day Is 9,500,000,000.
The Number Of Births In India Each Year Is Greater Than The Entire Population Of Australia.
The Number Of The Trash Compactor In Star Wars Is 3263827.
The Number One Cause Of Blindness In The United States Is Diabetes.
The Number One Favorite Cat Name Is Kitty.
The Number One Favorite Dog Name Is Brandy.
The Official, Neutral Name Of Switzerland, Which Has Multiple Official Languages, Is The Latin Confederation Helvetica, Or The Helvetic Confederation, Thus The Ch On License Plates, Stickers And E-Mail Addresses.
The Old English Word For Sneeze Is Fneosan.
The Oldest Domestic Cat (With Reliable Documentation) Was A Female Tabby Named Ma That Lived To Be 34 Years Old.
The Oldest Exposed Surface On Earth Is New Zealand’s South Island.
The Oldest Known Goldfish Lived To 41 Years Of Age. Its Name Was Fred.
The Oldest Player To Score His Age Is C. Arthur Thompson (1869-1975) Of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Who Scored 103 On The Uplands Course Of 6,215 Yd, Age 103 In 1972
The Oldest Word In The English Language Is Town.
The One-Hundred Eleventh Element Is Known As Unnilenilenium
The Only 15-Letter Word That Can Be Spelled Without Repeating A Letter Is Uncopyrightable.
The Only Bone Not Broken So Far During Any Ski Accident Is One Located In The Inner Ear.
The Only Borough Of New York City That Isn’t An Island Or Part Of An Island Is The Bronx.
The Only Contemporary Words That End With Gry Are Angry And Hungry.
The Only Continent Without Reptiles Or Snakes Is Antarctica.
The Only Country To Register Zero Births In 1983 Was The ‘Vatican City’.
The Only Domestic Animal Not Mentioned In The Bible Is The Cat.
The Only Insect That Can Turn Its Head 360 Degrees Is The Praying Mantis.
The Only Married Couple To Fly Together In Space Were Jan Davis And Mark Lee, Who Flew Aboard The Endeavour Space Shuttle From Sept 12-20, 1992
The Only Person Ever To Play Golf On The Moon Was Alan Shepard. They Never Found The Ball.
The Only Person To Decline A Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Was Sinclair Lewis For His Book Arrowsmith.
The Only Planet Without A Ring Is Earth.
The Only President To Be Head Of A Labor Union Was Ronald Reagan.
The Only Purple Animal Is The South African Blesbok.
The Only Real Food U.S. Astronauts Are Allowed In Space Are Pecan Nuts.
The Only Real Person To Be A Pez Head Was Betsy Ross.
The Only Social Fraternity Founded During The Civil War Was Theta Xi Fraternity, At Rensselear Polytechnic Institute In Troy, New York In 1862
The Only Three Us Presidents Who Ever Had To Deal With Real Or Impending Impeachment — Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon And Bill Clinton — All Have Names That Are Euphemisms For Penis — Johnson, Dick And Willie.
The Only Way To Stop The Pain Of The Flathead Fish’s Sting Is By Rubbing The Same Fish’s Slime On The Wound It Gave You.
The Opera Singer Enrico Caruso Practiced In The Bath, While Accompanied By A Pianist In A Nearby Room.
The Opposite Sides Of A Dice Cube Add Up To Seven.
The Original Fifty Cent Piece In Australian Decimal Currency Had Around $100 Worth Of Silver In It Before It Was Replaced With A Less Expensive Twelve Sided Coin.
The Original Ibm Punchcard Is The Same Size As A Civil War Era Dollar Bill.
The Original Name For Butterfly Was Flutterby.
The Original Story From Tales Of 1001 Arabian Nights Begins, Aladdin Was A Little Chinese Boy.
The Pacific Ocean Fills Nearly A Complete Hemisphere Of The Earth’s Surface.
The Palms Of Your Hands And The Soles Of Your Feet Cannot Tan.
The Pancreas Produces Insulin.
The Parachute Was Invented By Leonardo Da Vinci In 1515.
The Pentagon In Washington, D.C. Has Five Sides, Five Stories And Five Acres In The Middle.
The Perfect Pickle Should Have Seven Warts Per Square Inch.
The Permanant Teeth That Erupt To Replace Their Primary Predecessors (Baby Teeth) Are Called Succedaneous Teeth.
The Phillips Screwdriver Was Invented In Oregon.
The Phrase Jet Lag Was Once Called Boat Lag, Back Before Airplanes Existed.
The Phrase Sleep Tight Originated When Mattresses Were Set Upon Ropes Woven Through The Bed Frame. To Remedy Sagging Ropes, One Would Use A Bed Key To Tighten The Rope.
The Placement Of A Donkey’s Eyes In Its Head Enables It To See All Four Feet At All Times.
The Planet Saturn Has A Density Lower Than Water. If There Was A Bathtub Large Enough To Hold It, Saturn Would Float.
The Plastic Things On The End Of Shoelaces Are Called Aglets.
The Poison Arrow Frog Has Enough Poison To Kill About 2,200 People.
The Popular Syndicated Advice Columnists Dear Abbey And Anne Landers Where Actually Identical Twin Sisters. Anne Landers Was Really Named Ephy And Dear Abbey Was Really Named Popo. (At Least Those Were Nicknames.) Anne Landers Started Her Column First And Eventually The Unintended Competition Between The Two (Including A Full Length Article In Life Magazine) Broke The Two Apart. They Eventually Reconciled. Anne Landers Did Not Originate Her Role While Dear Abbey Did.
The Population Of Texas Is 18 Million, Not Including The 16 Million Cattle.
The Pound Sign On A Telephone Is Called A ‘Octothorp’.
The Practice Of Exchanging Presents At Christmas Originated With The Romans.
The Proposed William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library Will Have A Section Where You Must Be 18 Or Older To Read Certain Documents. (Did You Know They Actually Start Planning These Libraries As Soon As They Get Into Office So They Can Decide What To Keep To Put In Them?)
The Province Of Alberta, Canada Has Been Completely Free Of Rats Since 1905
The Pug Dog Is Thought To Have Gotten Its Name From Looking Like The Pug Monkey.
The Pupil Of An Octopus’ Eye Is Rectangular.
The Quartz Crystal In Your Wristwatch Vibrates 32,768 Times A Second.
The Queen (Or More Precisely The Royal Household) Owns All Swans In England. The Post Of Royal Swankeeper Is A Post That Has Been Around Pre-1215 And He And His Staff Are Responsible For Keeping Accurate Statistics About The Number And Whereabouts Of The Royal Swans.
The Queen Of England Has Two Birthdays.
The Qwerty Typewriter Was Designed Such That The Left Hand Typed The Most Common Letters Used In Order To Slow Down Typists To Keep The Typewriters From Jamming.
The R In Dean R. Koontz’s Name Stands For Ray.
The Radio-Active Substance, Americanium-241 Is Used In Many Smoke Detectors.
The Raised Reflective Dots In The Middle Of Highways Are Called Botts Dots.
The Ramses Brand Condom Is Named After The Great Phaoroh Ramses Ii Who Fathered Over 160 Children.
The Real Name Of The I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up Woman Is Edith Fore.
The Record For The World’s Worst Drivers Is A Toss-Up Between Two Candidates: First, A 75-Year-Old Man Who Received 10 Traffic Tickets, Drove On The Wrong Side Of The Road Four Times, Committed Four Hit-And-Run Offenses, An Caused Six Accidents, All Within 20 Minutes On October 15, 1966. Second, A 62-Year-Old Woman Who Failed Her Driving Test 40 Times Before Passing It In August, 1970 (By That Time, She Had Spent Over $700 In Lessons, And Could No Longer Afford To Buy A Car). [Source: Guinness Book Of World Records]
The Red Baron’s Real Name Was Manfred Von Richtofen.
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