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People On average a person breaths enough air in their life, to fill 2 and a half blimps
Mark Twain is actually a depth measurement, equal to 12 fathoms
The average person fears spiders more than death
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
The average woman eats 20kg of lipstick in her life
On average 100 people choke to death on a ball point pen per year
Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels
Hitler had Parkinson's disease and had a significant tremor in his left hand which was censored in the German media he also had syphilis which causes insane rage in it's advanced stages
More men are color blind than women
Shakespeare died on his birthday, April 23
The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit
Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation
The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene
Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn
The average single man is one inch shorter than the average married man
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
Isaac Asimov is the only quthor to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children
Wilma Flinestone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker
The characters Bert and Erine on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
Bob Bylan's real name is Rober Zimmerman
The A$W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright founders of the company
John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrotor of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth
Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution besides sewing the first American flag was running a munitions factory in her basement
Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts"
Geller and Huchra have made three-dimensional maps of the distrubution of galaxies. In each layer of the map some galaxies are grouped together in such a way that they resemble a human being
Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon in 1969
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
Alexander the Great was an epileptic
The 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 real name of the "L've fallen and I can't get up" lady is Edith Fore
Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer
Hugh "Ward Cleaver" Beaumont was an ordained minister
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy
Dr. Samuel A, Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Mooth and whose shame created the expression of ignominy "His name is Mudd"
Elton John's real name is Reginald Dwight. Elton comes from Elton Dean a Bluesology sax player. John comes from Long John Baldry founder of Blues Inc. They were the first electric white blues band ever seen in England in 1961
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister
Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays
The most common name in the world is Mohammed
Of the six men who made up the Tree Stooges three of them were real brothers: Moe Curly and Shemp
Charlie Brown's father was a barber
Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into veiw. When he died in 1910 Haley's Coment came into view again
Duddley DoRight's horses name was "Horse"
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery
Winston Churchhill was born in a ladies' room during a dance
Captain Jean-Luc Picard's fish was named Livingston
On the cartoon show "The Jetsons" Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15
The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin
Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons"
Medieval knights put sharkskin on their swardhandles to give them a more secure gripn they would dig the sharp scales into their palms
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister
Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Alyoisus
Stalin was only five feet four inches tall
Stalin's left foot had webbed toes and his left arm is noticably shorter then his right
The only member of the band ZZ Top with out a beard has the last name Beard
Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox
Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
Tomb robbers believed that knocking Egyptian sarcophagi's noses off would and therfore forstall curses
Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T
The 80's song "Rosanna" from the Eighties was written about Rosanna Arquette the actress Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing
Barbie's measuerments if she were life size: 39-23-33
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