21. 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.
22. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes
them
looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.
23. An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its
brain.
24. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen
seconds.
25. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for
the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
26. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point
in
Colorado.
27. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected
intravenously.
28. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you
have
1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able
to make change for a dollar.
29. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has
ever
won a
Superbowl.
30. 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.
31. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" movie
was
actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
32. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating
to the
top and sinking to the bottom.
33. Snails can sleep for 3 years without
eating
34. Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president AL Gore were freshman
roommates
at Harvard
35. The fingerprints of Koala Bears are virtually indistinguishable
from
those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime
scene.
36. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the
13th."
37. James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott (Scotty)
on Star
Trek, is missing the entire middle finger on his right hand, lost it
on D-Day
)
38. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every
five
must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times
of
war or other emergencies.
39. There are 293 ways to make change for a
dollar.
40. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on
4:20.