It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is "shake" and the 46th word from the last word is "spear". (Yeah? The first word of the bible is "In" and the last is "Amen" - and if you rearrange a ton of letters and cut a bazillion out of the bible you can get "Jesus loves Starbucks but hates Satan." See? I can do it too.)
If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long. (The way I do it it measures 174 feet)
The strength of early lasers was measured in Gillettes, the number of blue razor blades a given beam could puncture. (Now it's measured in Schicks)
The drive-through line on opening day at the McDonald's restaurant in Kuwait City, Kuwait was at times seven miles long. (HA! And think of all the oil they burned waiting in line....oh yeah...)
Point Roberts in Washington State is cut off from the rest of the state by British Columbia, Canada. If you wish to travel from Point Roberts to the rest of the state or vice versa, you must pass through Canada, including both Canadian and U.S. customs. (Nice)
The Pentagon in Washington, D. C. has five sides, five stories, and five acres in the middle.
Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar with "Midnight Cowboy." Her entire role lasted only six minutes. (Makes me wonder what she was wearing.....or not wearing.....and if the nominators were all men).
There is an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of 200. (I bet it charges like $50 a transaction too because it can - lol)
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Newborn babies are given to the wrong mother in the hospital 12 times a day worldwide. (Oh good!)
The Starbucks at the highest elevation is on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. (This is a dumb fact - there's lots of things that are at the highest elevation in colorado in Breckenridge)
Each year, over 1,000,000 people fail to itemize out the mortgage interest deduction on their income taxes. Last year, this amounted to $473,000,000 in taxes.
In 1998, more fast-food employees were murdered on the job than police officers. (That's a dangerous job! With very little pay. And they do it because they believe serving fast food is important).
The lead singer of The Knack, famous for "My Sharona," and Jack Kevorkian's lead defense attorney are brothers, Doug and Jeffrey Feiger. (Yeah and I'm related to Obama - whoop-de-doo - would you honestly bring this up in a convo?)
Two very popular and common objects have the same function, but one has thousands of moving parts, while the other has absolutely no moving parts - an hourglass and a sundial. (Ugh and if just ONE of those moving parts goes out....you have to replace the entire thing....)
One out of three employees who received a promotion use a coffee mug with the company logo on it. (What do the other two use?)
If you know a (male) millionaire who happens to be married, The most likely profession of his wife is a teacher.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
1 pound of lemons contain more sugar than 1 pound of strawberries.
The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator.
60% of all US potato products originate in Idaho. (I believe McDonald's fries come from Oregon though).
61,000 people are airborne over the US at any given time.
A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Halley's Comet came into view. When he died in 1910, Halley's Comet was in view again.
The Weddell seal can travel underwater for seven miles without surfacing for air.
In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first (and only) home run. (I wonder if that was the same time Mr. Gorsky got.....never mind).
The longest words in the English language with only one syllable are the nine-letter "screeched" and "strengths".
Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye".
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" read 4:20. (Wow.....that's useful).
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. (Nice to know something in the world understands what it is like to be a man)
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. (I have furniture from him).
A snail can have about 25,000 teeth. (But NO MORE - anymore than that is hogging)
A snail can also sleep for three years. (What kind of existence is that - what would it dream about - "OH, Marty, I had a horrible dream - I was in a lush dreamland with all the food I could want but I was thirsty and there was a line of salt on the ground between it an me! It was HORRIBLE! I couldn't wake up! I was asleep THREE YEARS trying to get around the salt in my dream!")
A starfish can turn its stomach inside out. (good for it!)
A strand from the web of a golden spider is as strong as a steel wire of the same size.
A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. (SO if you want to kill us all...)
About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. (Who surveyed that?)
According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.
Soldiers from every country salute with their right hand.
The microwave oven was invented by mistake when an engineer testing a magnetron tube noticed that the radiation from it melted the chocolate bar he had in his pocket. (And he had chocolate covered rump roast of himself after that)
Moisture, not air, causes super glue to dry. (So it won't work in the desert?)
Only 14% of Americans say they've skinny dipped with the opposite sex. (The remaining 86% are lying - that or our puritan roots are showing).
"60 Minutes" on CBS is the only TV show to not have a theme song or music. (Nobody watches the dinorsaur media anymore).
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. (Oh good!)
Most boat owners name their boats. The most popular boat name requested is Obsession. (What about "Jenny"?)
100% of all lottery winners gain weight. (They aren't spending the money on the spa!)
An average American will spend an average of 6 months during his lifetime waiting at red lights. (Lots of time to think)
The Olympic flag's colors are always red, black, blue, green and yellow rings on a field of white. This is because at least one of those colors appears on the flag of every nation on the planet.
Cats can hear ultrasound.
In a recent survey, Americans revealed that banana was their favorite smell. (Mine's vanilla)
In all three Godfather films, when you see oranges, there is a death (or a very close call) coming up soon. (So does this make Oranges "Scary"? My kids would want to know).
If you were to spell out numbers, you would you have to go until 1,000 until you would find the letter "A". (Unless you say "One Hundred AND one")
23% of employees say they have had sex in the office. (I'll have to go talk to my employees and since I supervise nearly entirely women this is an interesting prospect at the very least).
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.
Married men change their underwear twice as often as single men. (Who did this survey?)
There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet.
3.9% of all women surveyed say they never wear underwear.
Superman is featured on every episode of "Seinfeld", either by name or pictures on Jerry's refrigerator.
85% of the men who cheat on their wives die while having sex.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class.
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38
Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80
Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50
Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58 (Almost 4 out of 5)
Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85 (Almost 9 out of ten - I'm not sure if these last few stats indicate women are better than men or that men are smarter in who they marry - given that women in general (not all) have a tendency to think they can "change" a man after they marry him......hmmm....I wonder what percentage go on to hook up with another woman and hate men afterwards)
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches
Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90
Percentage of mammal species that are monogamous: 3 (I guess humans don't count)
Chances that a burglary in the United States will be solved: 1 in 7 (No kidding - what are the chances you'll get shot during the burlary though - here in Oregon it's pretty high).
One third of the land in the United States is owned by the government. (I thought it was 100% because we all pay property taxes which amount to renting your land from the government)
The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
