Friday, May 25, 2007

BORED

Because I was a bit bored today I thought I would enlighten you with some “Dumb Fact” I found. Enjoy!

1. Macaroni was the name of the pony that Caroline Kennedy used to ride on the grounds of the White House.

2. Abraham Lincoln had no middle name.

3. M&M’s stands for the names of Forrest Mars, Sr., the candy maker and his associate Bruce Murrie.

4. John Wayne had an 18 inch neck.

5. Smokey the Bear’s original name was Hotfoot Teddy.

6. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

7. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you loose weight.

8. Some toothpaste contains antifreeze.

9. It takes eighteen minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey’s Kiss.

10. The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave it to Beaver”.

11. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

12. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

13. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.

14. The most used letter in the English alphabet is “E” and the “Q” is the least used.

15. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

16. “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.

17. Your thumb is the same length as your nose.

18. The U.S. mint in Denver, Colorado is the only mint that marks its pennies.

19. Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii & Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.

20. “60 Minutes” is the only show on CBS that doesn’t have a theme song.

21. The home team must provide the referee with 36 footballs for each National Football League game.

22. You’re more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather.

23. The ZIP in zip code stands for “Zone Improvement Plan”

24. Charlie Brown’s father was a barber.

25. The official soft drink of the state of Nebraska is Kool-Aid

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