How
Can You Live Without Knowing These Things?

1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime
time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
2. Coca-Cola was originally green.
3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than
the US Treasury.
4. Men can read smaller print than women can; women
can hear better.
5. The state with the highest percentage of people who
walk to work: Alaska
6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
(now get this..)
7. The percentage of North America that is wilderness:
38%
8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age
of eleven: $6,400
9. The average number of people airborne over the US
any given hour: 61,000 (wonder if this one is still
true)
10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in
their hair.

11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived
in China in 1910.
12. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom
Sawyer.
14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile
National Monuments.
15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents
a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
17. 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.
18. 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.
20. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the
English language.
21. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine
that make them looks like it's kissing the conveyor
belt.
22. Until the St. Louis Rams, no NFL team which plays
its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Super
bowl.
23. The only two days of the year in which there are
no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL)
are the day before and the day after the Major League
all-stars Game.

Q. What occurs more often in December than any other
month?
A. Conception.
Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other
TV show?
A. No theme song
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most
popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you
have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield
wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any
other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny)
is the most ironic?
A. He is allergic to carrots.
Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people
at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.

1. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on
bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the
mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.
Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
2. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years
ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's
father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead
he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their
calendar was lunar based, this period was called the
honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon.
3. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts.
So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender
would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and
settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your
P's and Q's"
4. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a
whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic
cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle
to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase
inspired by this practice.
5. In ancient England a person could not have sex unless
you had consent of the King (unless you were in the
Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they
got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard
that they hung on their door while they were having
sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent
of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.
~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

6. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled
Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word
GOLF entered the vocabulary.