Just Cause You Need to Know...

Ok, so maybe NEED is the wrong word- things you can amaze your friends with the wonders of your intellect?


From another email here are some interesting tidbits for around the water cooler:

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV 

was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. 

 Got you on that one didn't I? 

 Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury. 

Scary isn't it?

 Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. 

Boy does THAT explain alot in our house!

Coca-Cola was originally green. 

(Scarier?)

 The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% 

Now get this: The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% 

Weird huh?

 Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? 

 A. Honey 

 The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400 

Sorta makes the $222,360 (on average) it takes to raise a child from birth to 18,

look pretty good doesn't it?

 Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

(guess that explains why redheads and brunettes have always held to be smarter?)

The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer. 

(Go Mark Twain!)

 Q.. If you were to spell out numbers, 

how far would you have to go until you would find the letter 'A'? 

 A. One thousand 

(go ahead, try it!)

 The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: 

 Alaska 

(who'd a thought?)

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 

12,345,678,987, 654,321

(a perfect example of why math is the pure science!)