- The pressure the (polo) mint is put under when it is formed is the equivalent to the weight of two elephants jumping on it
feel free to add to the list
Tarmac is short for Tarmacadam which is named after it’s inventor.
Uninspiring information but still unexpected.
A contronym is a word with two contrary meanings. For instance, “cleave” can mean to stick two things together or cut one thing apart.
That the real name of German schlager singer Guildo Horn is Horst Köhler. I had credited our president with better dress sense…
I learned this morning, courtesy of the local morning radio show, that first footprint on the moon measures 13 by 6 inches.
Abraham Lincoln used cocaine (which was legal in 1860).
Peggy Lee’s 1969 song “Is That All There Is?” was based on Thomas Mann’s 1896 novella “Disillusionment.”
Squidward is an octopus, not a squid. Who knew.
Agate, amethyst, citrine, jasper, opal, onyx, and tiger’s eye are all quartz.
32 ounces, 1/4 gallon, 2 pints and 4 cups are all quarts.
Dolphins are born with mustaches.
General Electric’s 2005 federal income tax return was roughly 24,000 pages long.
Appellate, Supreme and Night are all courts.
Speaking of tax returns, I recently heard about the biggest three-hole puncher in the world, at the IRS, that can punch a six-foot thick stack at a time.
Also, I finally realized that “Silk” comes from “Soy” “Milk”. I am a quick study.
The name “Miami” is from Ohio.
Kobe Bryant’s parents named him after the famous beef producing region of Kobe, Japan. They had seen Kobe beef mentioned on a restaurant menu.
Thank you Wikipedia.
This just now! :smack:
I finally figured out what the ‘Holy Spirit’ is.
I’m an atheist.
Oh, well, that’s what I get for hanging out with a minister and a religious studies student.
There are a lot of splinter groups from the Mormon church (I thought there were only 2, there are a couple dozen). Some of the splinter groups split multiple times.
The Imperial quart is 40 Imperial fluid ounces. 
Rugby shirts have rubber buttons.