Some
"Funny" Facts
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1. All
of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
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2. If
she were life size, Barbie's measurements are: 39-23-33.
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3. No
word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
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4. "Dreamt"
is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
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5.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
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6. Almonds
are members of the peach family.
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7. Winston
Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
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8. Maine
is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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9. There
are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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10. The
longest place-name still in use is:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaunga-
horonukupokaiwenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
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11. Los
Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles
de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
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12. A
cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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13. An
ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
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14. Tigers
have striped skin, not just striped fur.
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15. In
most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch
is 10:10. It's supposed to make them look like smiley faces.
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16. Al
Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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17. The
only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
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18. The
Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered
over 160 children.
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19. 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"
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20. A
goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
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21. A
dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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22. On
an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner
of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper
right-hand corner.
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23. The
giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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24. Who's
that playing the piano on the Mad About You theme? Why it's Paul Reiser
himself.
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25. The
male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles
away.
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26. 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."
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27. The
microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a
chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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28. Mr.
Rogers is an ordained minister.
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29. John
Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
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30. The
average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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31. There
are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
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32.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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