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On a Sears hairdryer -- Do not use while sleeping.
(But that's the only time I have to do my hair!)

On a bag of Fritos - You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (How's that again?)

On a bar of Dial soap - "Directions: Use like regular soap." (and that would be... ???)

On some Swanson frozen dinners - "Serving suggestion: Defrost." (ah... an excellent suggestion!)

On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom) - "Do not turn upside down." (oops...!)

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding - "Product will be hot after heating." (...and you thought...???)

On packaging for a Rowenta iron - "Do not iron clothes on body." (but wouldn't this save me time?)

On Boot's Children Cough Medicine - "Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication." (Ah, yes! We could reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-6 year-olds with head-colds to quit driving cars and stay off those bulldozers after taking this medicine!)

On Nytol Sleep Aid - "Warning: May cause drowsiness." (and I'm taking this because...???)

On most brands of Christmas lights - "For indoor or outdoor use only." (as opposed to what, UNDERWATER use???)

On a Japanese food processor - "Not to be used for the other use." (Ok now, somebody out there, please help me with this one. I'm a bit curious. Exactly WHAT would be the OTHER use???)

On Sainsbury's peanuts - "Warning: contains nuts." (Wow! Talk about a news flash!)

On an American Airlines packet of nuts - "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts." (Step 3: Say with me, "DUH!")

On a child's Superman costume - "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly." (Well, don't say they didn't warn you!)

On a Swedish chainsaw - "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands ." (Oh my! This tells me that some fool actually tried this and probably sued the company! And, odds have it, they probably won because there was probably nothing in the operators' manual about not trying to stop the chainsaw with your hands!) (DUH!)

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ABRAHAM-LINCOLN-&-JOHN-F-KENNEDY

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Creepy huh? Send this to as many people as you can, cause: Hey, this is one
history lesson people don't mind reading.

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1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = 1 Knotfurlong
7. 365.25 days of drinking low calorie beer = 1 Lite year
8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon
10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
11. Basic unit of laryngitis - 1 hoarsepower
12. Shortest distance between two jokes - a straight lying
13. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
14. 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
15. 1 million bicycles = 1 megacycles
16. 365.25 days = 1 unicycle
17. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
18. 10 cards = 1 decacard
19. 52 cards = 1 deckacard
20. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 fig Newton
21. 1000 grams of wet socks = 1 literhosen
22. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
23. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
24. 10 rations = 1 decaration
25. 100 rations = 1 C-ration
26. 2 monograms = 1 diagram
27. 8 nickels = 2 paradigms

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In the old days, most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold."

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get muchmeat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "the upper crust."

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake for the dead."

England is old and small and in the 1500's the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (i.e., "the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."

And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that History was boring ! ! !

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Why is there is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger?
Why is there is no apple nor pine in pineapple?
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Why is there is that quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig?
Why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Why is there is that people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Why do we ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Why do we have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same
Why is a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
Why does a house burn up as it burns down?
Why do you fill in a form by filling it out?
Why does an alarm goes off by going on?
Why do we call it the human race when so few humans never enter a race?

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"Well informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and that were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value." Editorial in the Boston Post, 1865

"I think I may say without contradiction that when the Paris Exhibition closes, electric light will close with it, and no more will be heard of it." -- Erasmus Wilson, Professor at Oxford University, 1878

"There will never be a mass market for motor cars - about 1,000 in Europe - because that is the limit on the number of chauffeurs available!" -- Spokesman for Daimler Benz

"The average American family hasn't time for television." -- The New York Times, 1939

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, Chairman, IBM, 1949

"Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances." -- Dr. Lee De Forest (inventor of the vacuum tube), 1957

"The potential world market for copying machines is 5000 at most." -- IBM to the founders of Xerox, 1959

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This is a fun test to see if your "BIRTH NUMBER" fits your personality.

BIRTH NUMBER EVALUATOR

Your birth date describes who we are, what we are good at and what our inborn abilities are. It also points to what we have to learn and the
challenges we are facing.

To figure out your Birth Number, add all the numbers in the birth date together, like in the example, until there is only one digit. A Birth Number does not prevent you from being anything you want to be, it will just color your choice differently and give you a little insight.

Example: March 20, 1950

3 + 20 + 1950 = 1973

1 + 9 + 7 + 3 = 20

2 + 0 = 2

Keep going until you end up with a single digit number. 2 is the Birth Number to read for the birth date in the example.

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# 1 - THE ORIGINATOR

1's are originals. Coming up with new ideas and executing them is natural. Having things their own way is another trait that gets them as being stubborn and arrogant. 1's are extremely honest and do well to learn some diplomacy skills. They like to take the initiative and are often leaders or bosses, as they like to be the best. Being self-employed is definitely helpful for them. Lesson to learn--others' ideas might be just as good or better and to stay open minded. Famous 1's: Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, Hulk Hogan, Carol Burnett, Wynona Judd, Nancy Reagan, Raquel Welch.

#2 - THE PEACEMAKER

2's are the born diplomats. They are aware of others' needs and moods and often think of others before themselves. Naturally analytical and very intuitive they don't like to be alone. Friendship and companionship is very important and can lead them to be successful in life, but on the other hand they'd rather be alone than in an uncomfortable relationship.

Being naturally shy they should learn to boost their self-esteem and express themselves freely and seize the moment and not put things off. Famous 2's: President Bill Clinton, Madonna, Whoopee Goldberg, Thomas Edison, Wolfgang Amadeus, Mozart.

# 3 - THE LIFE OF THE PARTY

3's are idealists. They are very creative, social, charming, romantic, and easygoing. They start many things, but don't always see them through.

They like others to be happy and go to great lengths to achieve it. They are very popular and idealistic. They should learn to see the world from a more realistic point of view. Famous 3's: Alan Alda, Ann Landers, Bill Cosby, Melanie Griffith, Salvador Dali, Jodi Foster.

# 4 - THE CONSERVATIVE

4's are sensible and traditional. They like order and routine. They only act when they fully understand what they are expected to do. They like getting their hands dirty and working hard. They are attracted to the outdoors and feel an affinity with nature. They are prepared to wait and can be stubborn and persistent. They should learn to be more flexible and to be nice to themselves. Famous 4's: Neil Diamond, Margaret Thatcher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tina Turner, Paul Hogan, Oprah Winfrey.

# 5 - THE NONCONFORMIST

5's are the explorers. Their natural curiosity, risk taking, and enthusiasm often land them in hot water. They need diversity, and don't like to be stuck in a rut. The whole world is their school and they see a learning possibility in every situation. The questions never stop. They are well advised to look before they take action and make sure they have all the facts before jumping to conclusions. Famous 5's: Abraham Lincoln, Charlotte Bronte, Jessica Walter, Vincent Van Gogh, Bette Midler, Helen Keller, Mark Hail.

# 6 - THE ROMANTIC

6's are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy. A strong family connection is important to them. Their actions influence their decisions.

They have a strong urge to take care of others and to help. They are very loyal and make great teachers. They like art or music. They make loyal friends who take the friendship seriously. 6's should learn to differentiate between what they can change and what they cannot. Famous 6's: Albert Einstein, Jane Seymour, John Denver, Meryl Steep, Christopher Columbus, and Goldie Hawn.

#7 - THE INTELLECTUAL

7's are the searchers. Always probing for hidden information, they find it difficult to accept things at face value. Emotions don't sway their decisions. Questioning everything in life, they don't like to be questioned themselves. They're never off to a fast start, and their motto is slow and steady wins the race. They come across as philosophers and being very knowledgeable, and sometimes as loners. They are technically inclined and make great researchers uncovering information. They like secrets. They live in their r own world and should learn what is acceptable and what not in the world at large. Famous 7's: William Shakespeare, Lucille Ball, Michael Jackson, Joan Baez,
Princess Diana.

# 8 - THE BIG SHOT

8's are the problem solvers. They are professional, blunt and to the point, have good judgment and are decisive. They have grand plans and like to live the good life. They take charge of people. They view people objectively. They let you know in no uncertain terms that they are the boss. They should learn to exude their decisions on their own needs rather than on what others want. Famous 8's: Edgar Cayce, Barbra Streisand, George Harrison, Jane Fonda, Pablo Picasso, Aretha Franklin, Nostrodamus, and Ron Connolly.

#9 - THE PERFORMER

9's are natural entertainers. They are very caring and generous, giving away their last dollar to help. With their charm, they have no problem making friends and nobody is a stranger to them. They have so many different personalities that people around them have a hard time understanding them. They are like chameleons, ever changing and blending in. They have tremendous luck, but also can suffer from extremes in fortune and mood. To be successful, they need to build a loving foundation. Famous 9's: Albert Schweitzer, Shirley MacLaine,
Harrison Ford, Jimmy Carter, Elvis Presley.

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1. The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone takes your checkbook, they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will know how you sign your checks.

2. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED".

3. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.

4. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone can get it.

5. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards. I have firsthand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more. But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:

6. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Look at your cards right now and write those numbers down and keep them in a place where you can find them quickly if necessary.

7. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).

8. Here is the most important of all: Call the 3 National Credit Reporting Organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew
about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away It seems to have stopped them in their tracks.

Here are the numbers you always need to contact if your cards, wallet, or ID., etc., has been stolen:

1.) Equifax: 800-525-6285
2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 888-397-3742
3.) Trans Union: 800-680-7289
4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line) 800-269-0271

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"Why 409 fascinating facts" you might be asking yourself, "and NOT 410"? Because (and this is NOT, by the way, one of the 409 facts) it's because we wanted to honor the 409 Household Cleaner in the convenient spray bottle! (No, not really, but it sounds like a good enough reason).

1. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

2. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

3. Barbie The Doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

4. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

5. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

6. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

7. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

8. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected after the original 7-ounce containers and 'UP' for the direction of the bubbles.

9. 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. .

10. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

11. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

12. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.

13. Reindeer like to eat bananas.

14. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

15. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."

16. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

17. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

18. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

19. More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes.

20. A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

21. A whale's offspring is called a calf.

22. Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

23. The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.

24. In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares.

25. More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.

26. Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesars. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.

27. One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

28. Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile. So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her.

29. Seattle�s Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than any drawbridge in the world.

30. Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.

31. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

32. In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

33. A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.

34. A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods.

35. Nearly 80% of all animals on earth have six legs.

36. In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.

37. Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.

38. There is approximately one chicken for every human being in the world.

39. Most collect calls are made on father's day.

40. The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71/2 miles per hour.

41. Each of us generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day, most of it paper.

42. Women manage the money and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households.

43. A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.

44. It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile.

45. It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

46. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

47. An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as "the little man of Nuremberg," played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an expert calligrapher, and was the most famous stage magician of his day. He performed tricks with the cup and balls that have never been explained. Yet Birchinger had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.

48. Daylight Saving Time is not observed in most of the state of Arizona and parts of Indiana.

49. Ants closely resemble human manners: When they wake, they stretch & appear to yawn in a human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

50. Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

51. Count the number of cricket chirps in a 15-second period, add 37 to the total, and your result will be very close to the actual outdoor Fahrenheit temperature.

52. One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.

53. Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

54. Only female mosquito�s' bite and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

55. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

56. It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

57. In eighteenth-century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.

58. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

59. The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are tasted in the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip!

60. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley�s gum.

61. When you sneeze, air and particles travel through the nostrils at speeds over100 mph. During this time, all bodily functions stop, including your heart, contributing to the impossibility of keeping one's eyes open during a sneeze.

62. Annual growth of WWW traffic is 314,000%

63. %60 of all people using the Internet, use it for pornography.

64. In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.

65. Running burns more calories per hour than any other kind of exercise.

66. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

67. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it.

68. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured each year in the United States. If these were laid end to end they would circle the world nine times.

69. The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas burning.

70. A literal translation of a standard traffic sign in China: "Give large space to the festive dog that makes sport in the roadway."

71. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

72. Larry Lewis ran the 100-yard dash in 17.8 seconds in 1969, thereby setting a new world's record for runners in the 100-years-or-older class. He was 101.

73. In a lifetime the average human produces enough quarts of saliva to fill 2 swimming pools.

74. It's against the law to doze off under a hair dryer in Florida/against the law to slap an old friend on the back in Georgia/against the law to Play hopscotch on a Sunday in Missouri.

75. Barbie's measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.

76. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft.

77. One third of all cancers are sun related.

78. THE MOST UNUSUAL CANNONBALL: On two occasions, Miss 'Rita Thunderbird' remained inside the cannon despite a lot of gunpowder encouragement to do otherwise. She performed in a gold lam� bikini and on one of the two occasions (1977) Miss Thunderbird remained lodged in the cannon, while her top was shot across the Thames River.

79. It has been estimated that humans use only 10% of their brain.

80. Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri grew chin whiskers attaining a length of twelve feet six inches from 1860 until his death 1910, protesting Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency.

81. Most Egyptians died by the time they were 30 about 300 years ago,

82. For some time Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face, explaining: "It does not matter, my audience sees only my right side."

83. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared someway or another on television.

84. 1 in 8 Americans has worked at a McDonalds restaurant.

85. 70% of all boats sold are used for fishing.

86. Studies have shown that children laugh an average of 300 times/day and adults 17 times/day, making the average child more optimistic, curious, and creative than the adult.

87. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

88. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

89. You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206.

90. If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.

91. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. (Don't even mention about talking!)

92. The strongest muscle (Relative to size) in the body is the tongue.

93. A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

94. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

95. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

96. A palindrome is a sentence or group of sentences that reads the same backwards as it does forward: Ex: 'Red rum, sir, is murder.' 'Ma is as selfless as I am.' 'Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run!' 'A man, a plan, a canal - Panama.' 'He lived as a devil, eh?'

97. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'

98. In 1986 Congress & President Ronald Reagan signed Public Law 99-359, which changed Daylight Saving Time from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. It was estimated to save the nation about 300,000 barrels of oil each year by adding most of the month April to D.S.T.

99. The thumbnail grows the slowest, the middle nail the fastest, nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

100. The Human eyes never grow, but nose and ears never stop growing.

101. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

102. Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.

103. If Texas were a country, its GNP would be the fifth largest of any country in the world.

104. There are 1 million ants for every human in the world.

105. Odds of being killed by lightening? 1 in 2million/killed in a car crash? 1 in 5,000/killed by falling out of bed? 1 in 2million/killed in a plane crash? 1 in 25 million.

106. Since 1978, 37 people have died by Vending Machine's falling on them. 13 people are killed annually. All this while trying to shake merchandise out of them. 113 people have been injured.

107. Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains (including potatoes, maize, sweet potatoes, squash, all varieties of beans, peanuts, manioc, papayas, strawberries, mulberries and many others).

108. The 'Golden Arches' of fast food chain McDonalds is more recognized worldwide than the religious cross of Christianity.

109. Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.

110. The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets Per word.

111. The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.

112. Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.

113. If we had the same mortality rate now as in 1900, more than half the people in the world today would not be alive.

114. On average, Americans eat 18 acres of pizza everyday.

115. Researchers at the Texas Department of Highways in Fort Worth determined the cow population of the U.S. burps some 50 million tons of valuable hydrocarbons into the atmosphere each year. The accumulated burps of ten average cows could keep a small house adequately heated and its stove operating for a year.

116. During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.

117. In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

118. The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

119. The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.

120. Length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved 27.5 feet

121. Over 60% of all those who marry get divorced.

122. 400-quarter pounders can be made from 1 cow.

123. A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least 20 minutes to stop.

124. Coca-Cola was originally green.

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

126. Hong Kong holds the most Rolls Royce�s per capita.

127. Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

128. WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific armed their airplanes while stationed with .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measuring 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, he went through "the whole 9 yards", hence the term.

129. Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

130. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

131. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

132. In the early 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (like two-way radios in taxis) but did not re-number the other channel assignments.

133. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

134. Firehouses have circular stairways originating from the old days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

135. The Main Library 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.

136. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

137. Statues in parks: If the 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.

138. The expression 'to get fired' comes from long ago Clans that wanted to get rid of unwanted people, so they would burn their houses instead of killing them, creating the term 'Got fired'.

139. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

140. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

141. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

142. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

143. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight in case of war or emergency, they could be used as airstrips.

144. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for 'General Purpose' vehicle.

145. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary, because when it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

146. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

147. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19, the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

148. In Aspen Colorado, you can have a maximum income of $104,000 and still receive government subsidized housing.

149. Honking of car horns for a couple that just got married is an old superstition to insure great sex.

150. Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.

151. The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.

152. In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.

153. The Black Widow spider eats her mate during or after sex.

154. Napoleon's penis was sold to an American Urologist for $40,000.

155. Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.

156. A bull can inseminate 300 cows from one single ejaculation.

157. When a Hawaiian woman wears a flower over her left ear, it means that she is not available.

158. The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

159. The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

160. The following sentence: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.' Contains the nine different pronunciations of "ough" in the English Language.

161. The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

162. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

163. The shape of plant collenchyma�s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

164. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

165. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

166. Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

167. PEZ candy even comes in a Coffee flavor.

168. The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.

169. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

170. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

171. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

172. Golf courses cover 4% of North America.

173. The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.

174. Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.

175. The value of Pi will be officially "rounded down" to 3.14 from 3.14159265359 on December 31, 1999.

176. The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space.

177. A piece of paper can be folded no more then 9 times.

178. The amount of computer Memory required to run WordPerfect for Win95 is 8 times the amount needed aboard the space shuttle.

179. The average North American will eat 35,000 cookies during their life span.

180. Between 25% and 33% of the population sneeze when exposed to light.

181. The most common name in world is Mohammed.

182. Mount Olympus Mons on Mars is three times the size of Mount Everest.

183. Most toilets flush in E flat.

184. 2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.

185. Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.

186. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

187. You can be fined up to $1,000 for whistling on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah.

188. It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop.

189. The serial number of the first MAC ever produced was 2001.

190. It is illegal to eat oranges while bathing in California.

191. If done perfectly, a rubix cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

192. The average American butt is 14.9 inches long.

193. More bullets were fired in 'Starship Troopers' than any other movie ever made.

194. 60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.

195. The name of the girl on the statue of liberty is Mother of Exiles.

196. 3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.

197. There's a systematic lull in conversation every 7 minutes.

198. The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.

199. There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.

200. The world's record for keeping a Lifesaver in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hrs 10 min.

201. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

202. The world record for spitting a watermelon seed is 65 feet 4 inches.

203. In the Philippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon.

204. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

205. Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

206. The three most recognized Western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

207. There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.

208. The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

209. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

210. In space, astronauts are unable to cry, because there is no gravity and the tears won't flow.

211. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

212. There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S that there are real ones.

213. The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.

214. Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.

215. Hot water is heavier than cold.

216. The common idea that only 10% of the brain is used it not true as it is impossible to determine the actual percentage because of the complexity of the brain.

217. Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.

218. There are more psychoanalysts per capita in Buenos Aires than any other place in the world.

219. Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year in horse racing.

220. 5,840 people with pillow related injuries checked into U.S. emergency rooms in 1992.

221. The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.

222. Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.

223. Conception occurs most in the month of December.

224. CBS' "60 Minutes" is the only TV show without a theme song/music.

225. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

226. 'Obsession' is the most popular boat name.

227. On average, Americans' favorite smell is banana.

228. If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".

229. Honey is the only food which does not spoil.

230. 3.9% of all women do not wear underwear.

231. This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a 'fart'.

232. "Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding." Title of a $230,000 research project proposed by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, to study the various ways children fall off bicycles.

233. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

234. Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time (think about that one!)

235. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

236. Los Angeles' full name 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula' is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation 'L.A.'.

237. If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

238. The only real person to ever to appear on a pez dispenser was Betsy Ross.

239. Mike Neismith's (the guitarist of The Monkeys) mom invented White Out.

240. Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing.

241. In a test performed by Canadian scientists, using various different styles of music, it was determined that chickens lay the most eggs when pop music was played.

242. The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.

243. In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1

244. Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension.

245. The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.

246. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

247. Koala is Aboriginal for "no drink".

248. Shakespeare spelled his OWN name several different ways.

249. The first contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the ancient Egyptians.

250. A signature is called a John Hancock because he signed the Declaration of Independence. Only 2 people signed the declaration of independence on July 4. The Last person signed 2 years later.

251. Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died at 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.

252. Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme 'twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of 5.

253. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first original Ronald McDonald.

254. Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.

255. Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.

256. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

257. Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

258. Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.

259. Thomas Edison, acclaimed inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

260. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

261. You can sail all the way around the world at latitude 60 degrees south.

262. The earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

263. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

264. Porcupines can float in water.

265. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

266. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

267. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

268. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour.

269. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

270. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

271. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

272. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

273. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

274. Tigers not only have striped fur, they have striped skin!

275. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

276. On the ground, a group of geese is a gaggle, in the sky it is a skein.

277. To Ensure Promptness, one is expected to pay beyond the value of service � hence the later abbreviation: T.I.P.

278. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

279. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

280. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

281. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

282. On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1"encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

283. The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z; hence the name "OZ."

284. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

285. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

286. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

287. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

288. The scene where Indiana Jones shoots the swordsman in Raider�s of the Lost Ark was Harrison Ford's idea so that he could take a bathroom break.

289. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

290. A snail can sleep for three years.

291. All polar bears are left-handed.

292. China has more English speakers than the United States.

293. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

294. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

295. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

296. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

297. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

298. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

299. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

300. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

301. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

302. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.

303. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

304. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

305. Starfish haven't got brains.

306. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

307. The name of all continents in the world end with the same letter that they start with.

308. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

309. The longest word comprised of one row on the keyboard is: TYPEWRITER

310. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

311. The average person spends 12 weeks a year 'looking for things'.

312. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe..

313. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

314. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

315. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und".

316. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..

317. The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.

318. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

319. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

320. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

321. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

322. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

323. Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch'.

324. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

325. There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

326. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

327. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

328. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

329. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

330. The word "dexter" whose meaning refers to the right hand is typed with only the left hand.

331. To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

332. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."

333. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

334. The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" translates to "penis".

335. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

336. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.

337. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

338. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

339. Giraffes have no vocal cords.

340. The pupils of a goat's eyes are square.

341. Van Gogh only sold one painting when he was alive.

342. A standard slinky measures 87 feet when stretched out.

343. The highest per capita Jell-O comsumption in the US is Des Moines.

344. If a rooster can't fully extend its neck, it can't crow.

345. There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple's hair.

346. The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four feet at all times.

347. Worcestershire sauce in essentially an Anchovy Ketchup.

348. Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.

349. The average lifespan of an eyelash is five months.

350. A spider has transparent blood.

351. Every acre of American crops harvested contains 100 pounds of insects.

352. Prince Charles is an avid collecter of toilet seats.

353. The most common street name in the U.S. is Second Street.

354. Tehran is the most expensive city on earth.

355. The sweat drops drawn in cartoon comic strips are called pleuts.

356. Babies are most likely to be born on Tuesdays.

357. The HyperMart outside of Garland Texas has 58 check-outs.

358. The Minneapolis phone book has 21 pages of Andersons.

359. In the 1980's American migraines increased by 60%.

360. Poland is the "stolen car capital of the world".

361. Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.

362. The S in Harry S. Truman did not stand for anything.

363. In Miconesia, coins are 12 feet across.

364. A horse can look forward with one eye and back with the other.

365. Shakespeare is quoted 33,150 times in the Oxford English dictionary.

366. The word Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

367. NBA superstar Michael Jordan was originally cut from his high school basketball team.

368. You spend 7 years of your life in the bathroom.

369. A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo.

370. 10,000 Dutch cows pass through the Amsterdam airport each year.

380. Approximately every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls their hamstring.

381. Simplistic passwords contribute to over 80% of all computer password break-ins.

382. The top 3 health-related searches on the Internet are (in this order): Depression, Allergies, & Cancer.

383. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

384. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

385. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

386. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

387. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

388. All US Presidents have worn glasses; some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

389. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

390. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

391. The site with the highest number of women visitors between the age of 35 and 44 years old: Alka-Seltzer.com

392. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

393. Pearls melt in vinegar.

394. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

395. Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

396. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser (in that order).

397. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

398. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'.

399. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.

400. The mask worn by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

401. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games--MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL--are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

402. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

403. When the French Academy was preparing its first dictionary, it defined "crab" as, "A small red fish, which walks backwards." This definition was sent with a number of others to the naturalist Cuvier for his approval. The scientist wrote back, "Your definition, gentlemen, would be perfect, only for three exceptions. The crab is not a fish, it is not red and it does not walk backwards."

404. Dr. Jack Kevorkian first patient has Alzheimer's disease.

405. Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.

406. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

407. It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down.

408. The very first song played on MTV was 'Video Killed The Radio Star' by the Buggles.

409. William Marston engineered one of the earliest forms of the polygraph in the early 1900's. Later he went on to create the comic strip Wonder Woman, a story about a displaced Amazon princess who forces anyone caught in her magic lasso to tell the truth.

CITIES WITH LOWEST CRIME RATES - http://www.theGETshow.com . info@theGETshow.com

Large Cities ( 500,000+ pop.)
Lowest Crime Rate

New Jersey boasts three of the nation's safest and most secure cities.

1. Nassau-Suffolk, NY* = The second-lowest overall crime rate in the nation, thanks to extremely low violent and property crime rates.

2. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ = The Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon area has one of the lowest murder rates in the nation, in addition to a very low rate of larceny.

3. Ventura, CA = A very low property crime rate and one of the lowest larceny rates in the country.

4. Monmouth-Ocean, NJ = One of the lowest auto theft rates in the country and an overall low rate of property crime.

5. Bergen-Passaic, NJ = An especially low rates of forcible rape and larceny.

Medium Cities (200,000 to 500,000)
Lowest Crime Rate

New England seems to be an especially safe and secure region.

1. Danbury, CT = Lowest overall crime rate in the nation, as well as the lowest property crime rate.

2. Stamford-Norwalk, CT = Second only to its neighbor Danbury, the Stamford-Norwalk area has one of the lowest property crime rates in the U.S.

3. Johnstown, PA = An especially low rate of property crime. The murder rate is a bit higher than one might expect but is still well below the U.S. average.

4. Dutchess County, NY = A very low burglary rate, which helps contribute to low overall rate of property crime.

5. Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME = Low rates of property and violent crime, but there is a significant rate of forcible rape.

Small Cities (Less than 200,000)
Lowest Crime Rate

1. State College, PA = Low crime rates across the board. In particular, the burglary and auto theft rates are among the nation's lowest.

2. Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV = Property crime is especially low in the Steubenville-Weirton area, especially the rate of larceny.

3. Wheeling, WV-OH* = While property crime is extremely low in Wheeling, the rates of murder and assault are a bit higher than might be expected.

4. Pittsfield, MA* = Pittsfield has not only one of the lowest murder rates in the nation, but also an exceptionally low rate of larceny. However, the rate of forcible rape is significant.

5. Wausau, WI = Like Pittsfield, Wausau's rates of murder and larceny are among the nation's lowest. The violent crime rates are also low.

Large Cities ( 500,000+ pop.)
Highest Crime Rate

Although Arizona has two of the most crime-ridden cities in the nation, their violent crime rates are relatively low.

1. Tucson, AZ = One of the highest property crime rates in the country, especially larceny. On the bright side, Tucson has a low murder rate.

2. Memphis, TN-AR-MS* = Residents of Memphis contend with the nation's second-highest violent crime rate. In addition, the rate of robbery and burglary are among the nation's highest.

3. Miami, FL = Miami's violent crime rate is the highest in the nation, with especially high incidences of robbery and assault. Thankfully, the murder rate is relatively low.

4. Phoenix-Mesa, AZ = One of the highest rates of auto theft in the nation.

5. Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR = A high rate of property crime, especially larceny.

Medium Cities (200,000 to 500,000)
Highest Crime Rate

The South seems to be particularly challenged with crime.

1. Myrtle Beach, SC = The highest total rate of crime in the nation, due to a high rate of violent crime and the nation's highest rate of property crime. In particular, the rates of assault, burglary and larceny are particularly high.

2. Montgomery, AL = The murder rate is significantly high in Montgomery, as are the rates of robbery, burglary and larceny.

3. Laredo, TX = While the larceny rate is high in Laredo, residents can take comfort in the relatively low rates of murder and forcible rape.

4. Waco, TX = Like Laredo, violent crime is less of a concern in Waco than property crime. In particular, burglary and larceny are a problem.

5. Wilmington, NC = The second-highest rate of burglary in the country. On the other hand, the rates of forcible rape and assault are low.

Small Cities (Less than 200,000)
Highest Crime Rate

1. Topeka, KS = The highest rate of property crime among cities with fewer than 200,000 residents. The rates of larceny and robbery are especially high.

2. Pine Bluff, AR = A high rate of murder and the ninth-highest rate of robbery in the nation.

3. Monroe, LA* = Monroe suffers from significant property and violent crime, especially assault and larceny.

4. Alexandria, LA = The fourth-highest violent crime rate in the nation. Murder and assault are a problem, in particular, but the rate of forcible rape is low.

5. Florence, SC = Assault and larceny rates are high in Florence, but the murder rate is low.

Methodology = The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program Crime Index was used for this study. This index consists of the combined rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny and auto theft per 100,000 population. This study considered 331 United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The data was taken from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program report for 2002.

*The following cities did not report crime statistics to the FBI in 2002, so 2002 rates were estimated based on previous years' local statistics and current year's city, state and county data: Nassau-Suffolk, NY; Memphis, TN; Monroe, LA; Wheeling, WV-OH; Pittsfield, MA. To view the complete findings and crime rates for all 331 metro areas, visit Sperling's BestPlaces.net website at www.bestplaces.net/2002crime.html