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Here are some more enlightening facts - trivia. You can use these to impress people about your knowledge!

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  1. The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
  2. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
  3. 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"
  4. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
  5. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
  6. 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.
  7. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
  8. Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme?  Why it's Paul Reiser himself.
  9. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
  10. 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 "Oz."
  11. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
  12. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
  13. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
  14. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
  15. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
  16. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

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  • PeeJay, Jun 23, 2008 at 04:48 PM PDT said:

    Loved these!

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