Interesting, Weird, Useless & Funny Fun Facts

Did You Know…

An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused part of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when al original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case stored smaller, 'lower case' letters.

The largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Walt Disney (who was afraid of mice) named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time.

Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland.

There are more germs in the human mouth than in the anus.

"Tom Sawyer" was the first novel written on a typewritter.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad server in first-class.

Sitting too close to the TV will not ruin your eyesight.

There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time US television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Every day more money is printed for the board game "Monopoly" than printed by the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear & smell better.

The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is Alaska.

The cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of eleven $6,400.

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour 61,000.

Whenever I hear the saying " Any thing is possible " I say : " Have you ever tried nailing Jell-O to a tree, slamming a revolving door or chewing air?