In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 pieces of fan mail. It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7 percent of the world's population are drunk. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 440 hours. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza each day. Screech, from "Saved by the Bell," was the only character who played in all episodes from the junior high, with Mrs. Bliss, to Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns. On the cartoon show "The Jetsons," Jane is 33 years old and her daughter, Judy, is 15 years old. Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones were roommates at Harvard. The story of Cinderella has been made into a movie 58 times. The first Academy Awards ceremony to be telecast was the 25th, in 1953. The characters Bert and Ernie on "Sesame Street" were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life." There are 11 points on the collar around Kermit the Frog's neck. The last dodo bird died in 1681. The last time U.S. quarters and dimes actually had any silver content was 1964. Philadelphia is the second most dangerous city to live in. For a single serving, prunes contain the greatest amount of anti-oxidants. Kathy Lee hosted the morning show with Regis Philbin for 15 years. When Kathy left the show, ratings increased 26 percent. Loan officials calculate that for the academic year 199-2000, the average debt of a medical student is $90,000. Ever since the increase in sales of the popular razor scooters, 4,140 reports of scooter-related accidents requiring emergency room care have been reported. Last year there were only 511 reports. Twenty percent of drug users in drug-rehabilitation centers have used drugs, other than alcohol, with their parents. Of people polled in rehab centers, only about one percent started using drugs after getting them from a dealer. Nineteen percent got their first hit from a relative. There were 49,124 applicants for the second season of CBS's show "Survivor." Janet Reno is the longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history. In the United States 727 people out of 100,000 are in jail. Eleven million U.S. children are not covered by any health or medical insurance. Of those, 7 million are estimated to qualify for free or low cost medical care, but their parents have not signed them up. The number of girls between the ages of 12 and 17 who use the Internet has increased 126 percent. A fresh egg will sink in water. A stale egg will not float in water. Bank of America was originally named the Bank of Italy. The name was officially changed in 1928. When World War 1 was in full swing, King George Saxe-Coburg-Gotha V of England decided to renounce all ties to his German ancestors. Instead, he took the name of his castle as his surname, hence the Windsor royal family was born. The Crayola name came from a conjugation of the French word for chalk, craie. This was combined with the "ola," which was derived from the term "oily." If you bake a diamond at 1405 degrees Fahrenheit it will vanish into a puff of carbon dioxide. A law of the state of Washington states that a motorist with criminal intentions must stop at the city limits to telephone the chief of police as he is entering the city. In the early 20th century only 4 million automobiles were made for the world market due to the belief that "the world would run out of chauffeurs." The last time that American green cards actually came in a green color was in 1964. The roaring lion in the MGM logo was named Volney. The lion lived at the Memphis Zoo. Harvard uses Yale brand locks on their buildings. Yale uses Best brand locks. The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator. There are 2,598,960 possible hands in a five-card poker game. Lyndon Johnson's First Family all had initials LBJ. Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Linda Bird Johnson and Lucy Baines Johnson. Their dog was named Little Beagle Johnson. The one member of ZZ Top that does not have a beard has the last name of Beard. The phrase "sleep tight" originated when mattresses were set onto ropes woven through the bed frame. To fix the sagging ropes, a person had to use a bed key to tighten the rope. In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, Gaylord Perry hit his first and only home run a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. One-quarter of the total bones in your body are in your feet. Actor Keanu Reeves's first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in the Hawaiian language. Violence occurs in ninety-two percent of pay cable television programs. There's a bat in the Bacardi symbol because the sugar cane used in the liquor is grown on a field fertilized with excess guano (bat poop). In cooking, six drops make a dash. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Over 11,000 people are injured every year trying out new sexual positions. The footprints made on the moon will remain there for millions of years - there is no wind to blow them away. Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake - they were knocked out when she tripped on a stage earlier in her career. According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, it is possible to move slower than light and faster than light, but is impossible to move at the speed of light. Human beings have only been around for 0.0002 percent of the Earth's history. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. It takes 3000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's worth of footballs. The average desktop computer contains 5 to 10 more computing power than the amount of power that was used to land a man on the moon. The ostrich yolk is the largest single cell in the world. Two-thirds of the world's population have never made a telephone call. When the Mayflower, the ship that brought the pilgrims to America, had eventually outlived its usefulness, it was dismantled and then reconstructed into a barn. The Catholic Church's All Saint's Day (Nov. 1) was added to the list of holy days in an effort to draw attention away from Samhain (pronounced 'Sow-en'), otherwise known as Halloween. Nine percent of Americans report having been in the presence of a ghost. Vampire bats have fewer teeth than any other bat because they do not have to chew their food. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween. Wiccaphobia is the fear of witches and witchcraft. Phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts. The largest pumpkin pie ever baked was 350 pounds in diameter. Pumpkins are low in calories, fat and sodium, and high in fober. They are good sources of Vitamin A, vitamin B, potassium, protein and iron. Pumpkins are a type of fruit. They belong to the gourd family, which includes squash, cucumbers, melons, and gherkins. Our modern "Trick or Treat" evolved from the tradition of leaving offerings of food for the spirits of the dead on All Hallows Eve. The Jack-O-Lantern, or carved pumpkin, is an American twist on an ancient Celtic tradition of carrying hollowed vegetables as candle holders and lanterns. Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz. The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards. The dial done of a normal telephone is in the key of "F." The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much that they could be confused at a crime scene. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead." Every male over 18 is considered part of the Arizona Militia according to the state constitution. The names of the three wise monkeys are Mizaru: See no evil, Mikazaru: Hear no evil, and Mazaru: Speak no evil. Dolphins and humans are the only known animals that have sex for pleasure. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, it's actually clear. Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 years old and lived in China in 1910. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80 percent. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55 percent. Each person breaths about 10 million times a year. It was first discovered on a space mission flight that a frog was able to throw up. First it throws up its stomach, uses its forearms to dig out the foot and then swallows its stomach back down. The other edge of a dime has 118 ridges. Drinking water after you eat can reduce the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. Carnegie Mellon University offers bag piping as a major. A group of owls is called a parliament. Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks. The first television commercial for a toy aired in 1946. It was for Mr. Potato Head. Alligators cannot move backwards. The sun must be no more than 40 degrees above the horizon in order for a rainbow to occur. A group of finches is called a Charm. The popping sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas bursting. A snail takes 33 hours to crawl one mile. One-quarter of the total bones in your body are in your feet. Violence occurs in ninety-two percent of pay cable television programs. There's a bat in the Bacardi symbol because the sugar cane used in the liquor is grown on a field fertilized with excess guano (bat poop). In cooking, six drops make up a dash. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. The foot prints made on the moon will remain there for millions of years - there is no wind to blow them away. Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake - they were knocked out when she tripped on a stage earlier in her career. According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, it is possible to move slower than light and faster than light, but it is impossible to move at the speed of light. Human beings have only been around for 0.0002 percent of the Earth's history. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. It takes 3000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's worth of footballs. The average desktop computer contains 5 to 10 times more computing power than the amount of power that was used to land a man on the moon. The ostrich yolk is the largest single cell in the world. Two-thirds of the world's population has never made a telephone call. When the Mayflower, the ship that brought the pilgrims to America, had eventually outlived its usefulness, it was dismantled and then reconstructed as a barn. At an estimated population of a million, there are more than twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia. The Japanese newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster is frequently kept as a pet. The newt can survive for several years in captivity. Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey, not the eagle, to be the U.S. national symbol. A female turkey is called a hen. The ancient Romans used beans for balloting, both in their elections and in the courts. A bilingual person is said to be a "diglot." Regardless of the species, the meat of a female turtle is more tender than that of a male turtle. Bill Clinton is the first left-handed U.S. president to serve two terms. A dolphin produces notes 100 times higher than the highest note that a human soprano can reach. About 27 tons of dust rains down on the Earth everyday from space, making a total of almost 10,000 tons a year. In England, the term corn is used to refer to wheat. Canned herrings were dubbed "sardines" because the process was first developed in Sardinia, Italy. Each year the average American consumes nearly two 14 ounce bottles of ketchup. The world's first weather broadcast chart was broadcast in Britain on November 11, 1936. The Barbie doll got her first car in 1962. A baby giraffe is about 6 feet tall at birth. The world's smallest independent state is the Vatican City, with a population of about 1,000 and a birthrate of zero. A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times its own weight each year. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body. A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second. At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal. In Spain, the television drama "Beverly Hills 90210" has a more romantic title. It is called "Sensation of Living." An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride. Deimos, one of the moons of Mars, rises and sets twice a day. The sound of thunder travels about 1,100 feet per second. The Jerusalem artichoke is neither from Jerusalem nor is it an artichoke. It's the knobby nut-brown tuber of a sunflower. Benjamin Franklin slept in four beds every night. He had a theory that a warm bed sapped a man's vitality, so when one bed became too warm, Ben jumped into another. The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 136 degrees Fahrenheit on September 13, 1992, in Azizia, Libya. On a bingo card of 90 numbers, there are approximately 44 million ways to make B-I-N-G-O. When a piece of glass cracks, the crack travels faster than 3,000 miles per hour. In regions of India where the soil is red, elephants take on a permanent pink tinge because they regularly spray dust over their bodies to protect themselves against insects. There were more than 200 visual special effects in the film "Batman Forever." There are more than 900,000 known species of insects in the world. Your weight on a neutron star would be 10,000 million times greater than on Earth. The highest rating given a top quality diamond is D-flawless. Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream company gives their ice cream waste to the local Vermont farmers who use it to feed their hogs. Squirrels can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground. Sedimentary rocks are used to make cement, glass, fertilizer, baking soda, laundry bleach and aspirin.

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