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    The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

    Coca-Cola was originally green.

    Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

    Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

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

    City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong.

    Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

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

    The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

    The youngest pope was 11 years old.

    First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

    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.

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

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

    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.

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

    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.

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    Love it Moh.learn new things everyday on this site.Thanks

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