Rubber bands last longer when 
refrigerated. 
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. 
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in 
Greece has memorized all 158 verses. 
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. 
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. 
There are more chickens than people in the world. 
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New 
Jersey. 
The longest one-syllable word in the English language 
is 
"screeched." 
On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the 
Parliament Building is an American flag. 
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck 
on 4:20. 
No word in the English language rhymes with month, 
orange, silver or purple. 
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the 
letters "mt." 
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln 
Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. 
Almonds are a member of the peach family. 
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a 
dance. 
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 deNuestra Senora 
la Reina de losAngeles de Porciuncula"-and can be 
abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." 
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time 
displayed on a watch is 10:10. 
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture 
dealer. 
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross. 
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 "It's a Wonderful Life." 
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. 
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 an owl in the 
upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" 
and 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!) 
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. 
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" 
theme?  Paul Reiser himself. 
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to 
speak. 
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 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 that is typed with 
only the left hand.