- The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
2. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
3. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
4. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
5. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
6. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to
HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
7. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
8. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the
most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.
9. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and
300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are
worldwide.
10. In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney
spelled backward).
11. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.
12. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
13. One in ten people live on an island.
14. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
15. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
16. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
17. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
18. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it
again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.
19. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps
backwards while dancing.
20. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
21. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing
through your head.
22. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
23. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
24. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
25. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
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