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Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,
John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2,
but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.
Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden.
The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic
stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent
accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and
been too sleepy to realize that "this" was the day of the changeover.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War
II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
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.
Findin' what you're lookin' for?Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. 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 movie "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. 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, of children's tv fame, 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 typed with only the left hand. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. 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 a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself. |
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