http://www.ilovebacon.com posted the following list of “facts” which is right up Cecil’s alley to correct where applicable. BTW, I Love Bacon I believe is mostly visitor contributed content, so don’t blame them if some of it is wrong…
Someone already debunked some of these and it is posted on the site…
Here’s the text:
Some Things You Probably Didn’t Learn in School
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were: Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men.
The City with the most Roll Royce’s per capita: Hong Kong
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
Barbie’s measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
Cost of raising a medium sized dog to the age of 11: $6,400
Average number of people airborne over the US during any given hour: 6,100
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades: King David, Clubs: Alexander the Great, Hearts: Charlemagne, Diamonds: Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. John Hancock & Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
‘I am’ is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The term “whole 9 yards” came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet. If the pilots fired all their ammo at one target, it got the “whole 9 yards.”
Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it is 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.
The Interstate system was designed so that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. The Interstate’s official name is The National Defense Highway System.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the “General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.
The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of fuel that it burns.
The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosy is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (“Ring around the Rosy…”). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell (“pocket full of posies…”). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease (“ashes, ashes, we all fall down.”)
What occurs more often in December than any other month? Conception
What separates “60 Minutes” on CBS from every other TV show? No theme song.
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Their birthplace.
What is the most popular name that boat owners name their boats? Obsession.
If you were to spell out consecutive numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter “A”? One thousand.
What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? They were all invented by women.
What is the only food that doesn’t spoil? Honey.
There are more collect calls made on this day than any other day: Father’s Day.
What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic? He was allergic to carrots.
