The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. The official name, used on all state documents, is 'Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.' Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. Karoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.Īccording to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase 'number please?'

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, 'Well, are you there?'. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S.

You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19.

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