The
sentence "The quick red fox jumps over
the lazy brown dog." uses every letter in
the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to test
Telex/TWX data communications.)
The
only 15-letter word that can be spelled without
repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'.
When
opossums are playing 'possum, they are not
playing. They actually pass out from sheer terror.
The
main library building at Indiana University sinks
over an inch every year because when it was
built, engineers failed to take into account the
weight of all the books that would occupy the
building.
An
ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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 diesel fuel that it burns.
Nutmeg
is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
No NFL
team which plays its home games in a domed
stadium has ever won a Super Bowl.
The
first toilet ever seen on television was on
"Leave It To Beaver."
Only
one person in two billion (2,000,000,000) will
live to be 116 or older.
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.
There
are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a
McDonald's Big Mac bun.
The
world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10
to 1.
The 3
most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
When
Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a
rate of 25 miles per year.
Ten
percent of the Russian government's income comes
from the sale of vodka.
On
average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point
pens every year.
A
major hurricane releases more energy in 10
minutes than all of the world's nuclear weapons
combined.
