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- The average North American spends 6 months of his life watching TV commercials, unless he watches PBS. _EH
- Eric Hupin prefers UNIX. -EH
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair than less intelligent people. -AN
- The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. -AN
- The youngest Pope was 11 years old. -AN
- The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called "American Pie." -AN
- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades=Kind David, Clubs=Alexander the Great, Hearts=Charlemagne, and Diamonds=Julius Ceasar. -AN
- Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. -AN
- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. -JH
- Paul Reiser himself plays the piano inthe "Mad About You" theme. -JH
- Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. -JH
- John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. -JH
- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. -JH
- Given a map with a scale, one-third of America's population can not find distances. -MF
- During the average conversation, one out of seven people will think of Abraham Lincoln. -EB
- We spend one-third of our life waiting. -BB
- In the Beatles' song "Let It Be," the phrase "Mother Mary" actually refers to Paul McCartney's mother. -CS
- Our brains take in more information in one day than the largest computer does in years. -DS
- Your middle fingernail grows the fastest and your thumbnail grows slowest. -CS
- Your brain is more active sleeping than it is watching TV. -TR
- The average person has four dreams per night. -AZ
- Some historians think Shakespeare didn't write all of "his" works. -CS
- Males have an average of 10 billion more brain cells than females. -ED
- Winston Churchill suffered from manic depression. -TR
- Ben Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey. -CS
- Human beings are the only animals that sleep on their backs. -AN
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Last modified: 19 Aug 1998