* Coca-cola was originally green * Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury * Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2) poodle; 3) golden retriever. Dumbest dog: 1) afghan * The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters * First novel ever written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer" * There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year * Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles PER YEAR * It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs * Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better * Chances that an American lives within 50 mi of where he/she grew up: 1 in 2. * Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $440,000 * City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong * State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska * Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4 * Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28 * Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38 * Estimated percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year: 44 * Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36 * Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43 * City with the highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington DC * Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80 * Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50 * Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58 * Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85 * Number of different familial relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105 * Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000 * Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70 * Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches * Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3 * Portion of potatoes sold that are French-fried: 1/3 * Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonalds each day: 7 * Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90 * Percentage of mammal species that are: 3 * Number of US states that claim test scores in their elementary schools are above national average: 50 * Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5 * Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7 * Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3 * Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanan * Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt * Only president to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy, for "Profiles in Courage" * Only president awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals * President who discovered a new proof for The Pythagorean Theorem: Jimmy Carter * Only food that does not spoil: honey * Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird * Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica * Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig * Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water * An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it * In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees * Polar bears are left-handed * Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair * Eskimos never gamble * The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910 * The youngest pope was 11 years old * Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school * Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses * Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner * Your nose and ears never stop growing * Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined * The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515 * They have square watermelons in Japan ... they stack better * Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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