The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
letter
in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twx
communications.)

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.

Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore
when
the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground
floor
and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name
of
the
Don McLean song.)

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history.
Spades - King David;   Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne;
and
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

111,111,111  x  111,111,111  =  12,345,678,987,654,321

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without
killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to
get
fired."

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the
last
signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the
Pacific.
When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun
ammo
belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If
the
pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
looks
like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

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.

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five
must
be
straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war
or
other emergencies.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for "General
Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is
necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still
had
segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and
whites.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in
Colorado.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19.
You
also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make
change for a dollar.

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a
Superbowl.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports
games
(MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major
League
All-Star Game.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's
supply
of footballs.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already
married.

Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and
Budweiser, in that order.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of
their
hands.

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the Sale of
vodka.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's
nuclear
weapons combined.

Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.

Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years.  Average age of the
Rolling Stones: 50.6.

Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and
chocolate