As Smart As You Are, I Bet You Didn't Know...
1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
3. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
4. Coca-Cola was originally green.
5. The State with the highest % of people who walk to work: Alaska
6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
7. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
8. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 & lived in China in 1910.
9. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
10. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
11. San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
12. Each king in a deck of cards represents a great king from history:
Spades- King David,
Hearts- Charlemagne,
Clubs-Alexander, the Great
Diamonds- Julius Caesar
13. 111,111,111 x111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
14. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
15. 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.
16. "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the E
1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
3. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
4. Coca-Cola was originally green.
5. The State with the highest % of people who walk to work: Alaska
6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
7. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
8. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 & lived in China in 1910.
9. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
10. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
11. San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
12. Each king in a deck of cards represents a great king from history:
Spades- King David,
Hearts- Charlemagne,
Clubs-Alexander, the Great
Diamonds- Julius Caesar
13. 111,111,111 x111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
14. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
15. 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.
16. "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the E