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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.
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The Boston University Bridge
(on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) AND the Steel Bridge (Portland,
Oregon) are the only places in the world where a boat can sail under a
train driving under a car driving under an airplane.
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The United States government
keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point,
NY.
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There are only thirteen blimps
in the world. Nine of the thirteen blimps are in the United States.
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Cats have over one hundred vocal
sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
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Our eyes are always the same
size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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David Prowse was the guy in
the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and he
didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until
he saw the screening of the movie.
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Most Americans' car horns beep
in the key of F.
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"Mr. Mojo Risin" is an anagram
for Jim Morrison.
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The word "modem" is a contraction
of the words "modulate, demodulate."
(MOdulateDEModulate)
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Many hamsters only blink one
eye at a time.
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The name Jeep came from the
abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
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Since 1896, the beginning of
the modern Olympics, only Greece and
Australia have participated
in every Games.
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February 1865 is the only month
in recorded history not to have a full moon.
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It takes a lobster approximately
seven years to grow to be one pound.
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Montpelier, Vermont is the only
U.S. state capital without a McDonalds.
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Giraffes have no vocal cords.
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The Pentagon, in Arlington,
Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built
in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring
separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
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The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth
II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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There are two credit cards for
every person in the United States.
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Isaac Asimov is the only author
to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
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Roger Ebert is the only film
critic to have ever won the Pulitzer prize.
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Columbia University is the second
largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
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Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
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An iguana can stay under water
for 28 minutes.
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Back in the mid to late 80's,
an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible
unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge
engines.
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Leonardo Da Vinci invented the
scissors.
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It takes about a half a gallon
of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot.
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In the last 4000 years, no new
animals have been domesticated.
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Babies are born without knee
caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
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The highest point in Pennsylvania
is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
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Nutmeg is extremely poisonous
if injected intravenously.
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If you have three quarters,
four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest
amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
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The most common name in the
world is Mohammed.
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Michael Jordan makes more money
from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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No NFL team which plays its
home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.
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The first toilet ever seen on
television was on "Leave It To Beaver".
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In the great fire of London
in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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Lincoln Logs were invented by
Frank Lloyd Wright's son.
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One of the reasons marijuana
is illegal today because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp
farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive
as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
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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.
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Only one person in two billion
will live to be 116 or older.
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The name Wendy was made up for
the book "Peter Pan."
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