- Pinocchio is Italian for “pine head.”
- The geographical center of North America is near Rugby, North Dakota.
- The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
- Hacky-sack was invented in Turkey.
- If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.
- There are six five words in the English language with the letter combination “uu.” Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate and duumvir, residuum.
- The “Calabash” pipe, most often associated with Sherlock Holmes, was not used by him until William Gillette (an American) portrayed Holmes onstage. Gillette needed a pipe he could keep in his mouth while he spoke his lines.
- Most Americans’ car horns beep in the key of F.
- Dirty Harry’s badge number is 2211.
- The pupil of an octopus’ eye is rectangular.
- The shortest French word with all five vowels is “oiseau” meaning bird.
- Camel’s milk does not curdle.
- “Mr. Mojo Risin” is an anagram for Jim Morrison.
- The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.
- A person from the country of Nauru is called a Nauruan; this is the only palindromic nationality.
- The word “modem” is a contraction of the words “modulate, demodulate.”
- Oliver Cromwell was hanged and decapitated two years after he had died.
- In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
- Iowa has more independent telephone companies than any other state.
- Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
- Hamsters love to eat crickets.
- The only “real” food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts.
- The word “queueing” is the only English word with five consecutive vowels.
- The first Eagle Scout west of the Mississippi is buried in San Marcos, Texas.
- In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
- Roberta Flack wrote “Killing Me Softly” about singer Don McLean.
- The Greek version of the Old Testament is called the Septuagint.
- Spencer Eldon was the name of the naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s album
- All three major 1996 Presidential candidates, Clinton, Dole and Perot, are left-handed.
- The Madagascan Hissing Cockroach is one of the few insects who give birth to live young, rather than laying eggs.
- The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention the name of God.
- Sheriff came from Shire Reeve. During early years of feudal rule in England, each shire had a reeve who was the law for that shire. When the term was brought to the United States it was shortned to Sheriff.
- An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.
- Dracula is the most filmed story of all time, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is second and Oliver Twist is third.
- The silhouette on the NBA logo is Jerry West.
- The silhouette on the Major League Baseball logo is Harmon Killebrew.
- The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the “General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.
- The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.
- Soweto in South Africa ws derived from SOuth WEst TOwnship.
- Murphy’s Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.
- The Andy Griffth Show was the first spin-off in TV history. It was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas Show.
- Goat’s eyes have rectangular pupils.
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