*Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
Books on Canada
*A recent poll asked 2,000 women if they'd sleep with Bill Clinton.
A shocking 94% said "Never again."
Books on Bill Clinton
*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.
Books on Declaration of Independence
*"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Books on the English language
*The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South
Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine
gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage.
If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
Books on WWII
videos on WWII
*The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
Books on words
*The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
Books on telephone dialing codes
*The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Books on Israel
*Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Books on Mel Blanc
*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.
Books on Sweden
*The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War
II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Books on Berlin
*Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."
Books on/by Dr. Seuss
videos from Dr. Seuss
*In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."
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Casablanca video and DVD
*Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
Sherlock Holmes books
Sherlock Holmes videos and DVDs
*The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from
Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye gouging."
Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to
poke someone's eye out.
Books on wrestling
*A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
Books on science
*The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Books on sleep
*Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
Books on Hershey's
*Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
Books on Money
*Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
Books on diets :-)
*The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Books on English law
*An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
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*The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
Books on chickens
*The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
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*There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
Books on Canada
*In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are
teenagers.
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*If an orangutan belches at you, watch out. He's warning you to stay
out of his territory.
Books on orangutan
*Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought
he might be retarded.
Books on/by Einstein
*In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.
Books on Los Angeles
*About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still
sitting on it.
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*In 1984, a New Jersey man opened a summer camp for Cabbage Patch dolls.
Books on Cabbage Patch Kids
*You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any
other weather.
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*How can you tell when a gorilla is angry? It sticks its tongue out.
Books on gorillas
*In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary formally married her 50-pound pet
rock.
Books on pets
*In 1980, the Yellow Pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home
under frozen foods.
Books on Texas
*1,200 college students streaked at the same time in Boulder, CO in
1974.
Books on Boulder, CO
*In 1977, a 13-year-old boy discovered a tooth growing on his left foot.
Books on teeth
*In 1983, a Japanese artist made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely
out of toast.
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*In the early '80s, a toad was discovered that meows instead of croaking.
Books on toads
*In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.
Books on cows
*The most extras ever used in a movie was 300,000, for the film Gandhi
in 1981.
buy the Gandhi video now
* 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Books on fun with numbers and math
*If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs
in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in
the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the
horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Books on statues
*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver,
and purple.
Books on English language rhymes
*Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without
killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get
fired."
Books on expressions
*Every person has a unique tongue print.
Books on human anatomy
*Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
Books on human anatomy
*Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
Books on human anatomy
*When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit.
Bugs Bunny books
Bugs Bunny videos
*Pollsters say that 40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the
pets in their wallets.
Books on pets
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