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"Fun Facts"

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

"Hang On Sloopy" is the official rock song of Ohio.

All porcupines float in water.

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by analligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

Camel's milk does not curdle.

An animal epidemic is called an epizootic

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was called the "American Pie" and thus the name of Don McLean's song.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Anyone over the age of 50 has seen so much of the modern inventions come into reality. Some were only dreams as we were born, but we have seen them give birth to current daily use, what a fantastic generation to be part of.

We were born before:

Television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, xerox, contact lenses, frisbees and the PILL, radar, credit cards, split atoms, lazer beams, ball-point,pens,pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes, before man walked on the moon, house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, and computer marriages, day-care centers, group therapy and nursing homes, FM radio,tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, wordprocessors, yogurt, guys wearing earrings, Pizza, McDonalds, instant coffee, sex change.

We got married first--and then lived together.
In our time, closets were for clothes, not for "coming out of".
Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagens.
Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne.
Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with our cousins.
We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent.
Outer Space was the back of the Riviera Theatre.
For us, time sharing meant togetherness-- not computers or condominiums,
A "chip" meant a piece of wood.
hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't even a word.
In 1940, "Made in Japan" meant JUNK
The term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam.

"Then/Now"

Then: Long hair.
Now: Longing for hair.

Then: Keg
Now: EKG.

Then: Acid rock
Now: Acid reflux.

Then: Moving to California because it's cool.
Now: Moving to California because it's hot.

Then: You're growing pot.
Now: Your growing pot.

Then: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents.
Now: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren.

Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or ElizabethTaylor.
Now: Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or ElizabethTaylor.

Then: Seeds and stems.
Now: Roughage.

Then: Popping pills, smoking joints.
Now: Popping joints.

Then: Our president's struggle with Fidel.
Now: Our president's struggle with fidelity.

Then: Paar.
Now: AARP.

Then: Being caught with Hustler magazine.
Now: Being caught by Hustler magazine.

Then: Killer weed.
Now: Weed killer.

Then: Hoping for a BMW.
Now: Hoping for a BM.

Then: The Grateful Dead.
Now: DR. Kevorkian.

Then: Getting out to a hip joint
Now: Hip joint going out.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorised all 158 verses.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
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".
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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.
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
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."
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Typewriter is the only ten letter word you can type on the top of your keyboard.

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