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  • Jazz great Louis Armstrong always believed his birthday was July 4, 1900. It was actually August 4, 1901.
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  • Bela Lugosi was buried in his Dracula cape.
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  • Pope John Paul II had one of the bullets from his 1981 near-assassination embedded in the crown of Mary at Lourdes.
  • Elvis Presley liked his bacon very crisp. Some of his other favorite foods were pig's feet, collard greens, and chitlins (chitterlings).
  • The giant Squid's eyes are each as large as a human head!
  • Red-green color blindness is a hereditary genetic disorder which affects one in twenty white males (red-green color blindness rarely affects females or non-whites; total color blindness affects less than one in a thousand of all sexes and races).
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  • A mother toad can lay up to 20,000 eggs at a time.
  • Camels have upwind nostrils and downwind nostrils!
  • At some places in Chile's Atacama Desert, it does not rain for centuries at a time.
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  • The letter "O" preceding some Irish names actually means "Grandson Of"...
  • Rubber Bands last longer if refrigerated.
  • The term "Spitting Image" originated with the 19th century saying "spit and image."
  • A starfish has no brain.
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  • The American situation comedy "Sanford and Son" was adapted from the British "Steptoe and Son".
  • The Taino tribe from Cuba and nearby islands were killed by Spanish weapons 30 years after Columbus visited Hispaniola. They left behind only a few clues about their language--words that are commonly used today: barbecue, hammock, tobacco, hurricane, and canoe.
  • Hitler's cruise missiles (Vergeltungswaffen) were called "doodlebugs" in England because they failed to break Britain's will.
  • In the Middle Ages a Pope declared that the image of a rooster should appear on top of churches as a wakeup call to parishioners that they should attend services.
  • The average wind speed on the planet Jupiter is 225 miles per hour.
  • The RKO in "RKO Pictures" stands for Radio-Keith-Orpheum, a Hollywood film production Company.
  • A FEMTOsecond is one quadrillionth of a second.
  • Chili peppers don't stimulate tastebuds. They stimulate PAIN FIBERS in the mouth.
  • "Wierd" came from the Old English WYRD meaning "fate".
  • Until 1911 The international distress signal was C.Q.D.--'come-quick-danger'. S.O.S.then became the new standard.
  • The 500 foot tall monument "Chimney Rock" marked the end of the prairies for the early American pioneers.
  • The Monkees starred in only one movie--"Head", made in 1969.
  • Art Carney's father had OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder).
  • India is the largest English-speaking nation on earth.
  • Popeye's hungry friend Wimpy's full name is J. Wellington Wimpy.
  • Dom Perignon perfected champagne in 1697.
  • "Friday" comes from the Old English Frigedaeg (Frigg's Day), after Frigg, the wife of Odin and the goddess of the hearth and married love.
  • The suffix "ology" means "the study of" something. The shortest "ology" word is "oology"--the study of eggs.
  • The word "set" has the longest definition in most dictionaries.
  • Harry Houdini's body was transported in a coffin he used as part of his magic act.
  • The only English word that contains a triple letter is "goddessship".
  • The word "pistachio" refers to both the nut and the tree it comes from.
  • Actress Rita Hayworth's real name was Marquerite Cansino.
  • James Doohan (Scottie, Star Trek) is missing the entire middle finger on his right hand.
  • Ulysses S. Grant's horse was named Cincinnatus.
  • Mao Zedong refused to brush his teeth. Instead, he rinsed his mouth with tea and chewed the leaves.
  • The first people to fly across the Atlantic Ocean were John W. Alcock and Arthur W. Brown. The two Brits took off from Newfoundland on June 14, 1919.
  • FEMINUM is the fictitious gold material discovered by Wonder Woman's Amazon tribe; it was made into her belt buckle and gives the wearer super powers.
  • "Mary Had A Little Lamb" were the first words Thomas Edison spoke into his recording machine.
  • Hong Kong has the world's largest double decker tram fleet.
  • When copper is exposed to arsenic, it will turn black.
  • The early stage names of Sonny and Cher were "Cleo and Caesar".
  • The last execution in the Tower of London took place on Thursday, August 14, 1941.
  • In parts of Alaska, it's illegal to feed alcohol to a moose.
  • Butterflies taste with their feet.
  • It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
  • The Statue of Liberty was shipped across the Atlantic on the French frigate "Isere".
  • Singer Van Morrison's real name is George Ivan Morrison.
  • In the US, a CENTILLION is the number 1 followed by 300 zeros. In England it has 600 zeros.
  • Howard Hughes eccentricity: he saved his own urine.
  • Steve Jobs once categorized Apple Computer employees by a BOZO BIT--either a one or a zero.
  • The word "Starboard" is derived from the Old English word for the paddles that Vikings used on the right side of their ships to steer: "steorbords."
  • Estee Lauder's real name was Josephine Esther Mentzer. She married Joseph Lauter who later changed the last name to Lauder.
  • Walt Disney received the most Oscars for an individual--26!
  • The only living tissue in the human body that contains no blood vessels is the transparent cornea of the eye.
  • The S.S. Poseidon was hit by a 90 foot tidal wave on New Year's Eve.
  • The paper clip was patented in 1901.
  • The forests on Kauai are fertilized by dust from the deserts of China, 9660 miles away!
  • The voice of the GRINCH was provided by Thurl Ravenscroft--the same man who was the voice for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes' Tony the Tiger. As an oversight, Thurl's name was never added to the credits of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".
  • The real name of Santa's reindeer DONNER is "Donder"--German for "Thunder". Blitzen means "Lightning".
  • The initials on "BVD" brand underwear stand for the firm owners' names--Bradley, Voorhees, and Day.
  • At age 101, Larry Lewis ran the 100 yard dash in 17.8 seconds setting a new world record for runners 100 years old or older.
  • The first radio was called a "Radiola", and sold for $75 in 1921.
  • Dolphins swim in circles while they sleep with the eye on the outside of the circle open to keep watch for predators. After a certain amount of time they reverse and swim in the opposite direction with the opposite eye open.
  • The brother of Popeye's girlfriend Olive was named CASTOR Oyl.
  • Old Time Radio comedy duo Amos and Andy's last names were Jones and Brown.
  • The first automobile assembly line could produce one car every 93 minutes.
  • In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes.

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