There were 59 of them, but not all of them interesting 🙂
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1. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
15. If a statue in the park of a person on a 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.
16. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down – hence the expression “to get fired.”
19. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target,it got “the whole 9 yards.”
21. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
33. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.
35. 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.
39. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
40. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
42. The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans 10 to 1.
43. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
47. The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
49. Ten percent of the Russian government’s income comes from the sale of vodka.
51. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
52. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
56. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
59. Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history.
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