Zip code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y.
Thanks to Wendell Smith (wdmdsmith@worldnet.att.net) of Jackson, Mississippi.
There is an Ides in every month, not just March.
Try dividing 99999999999 by 81. (That's 11 nines.)
Thanks to Carlos Solis-Keyser (xtabay@coqui.net) of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
Thanks to Andrew Armstrong (Andrew@wsd.inet.quill-lake.sk.ca) of Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The cells which make up the antlers of a moose are the fastest growing animal cells in nature.
Thanks to Dan Michaud (danmichaud@monash.com) of Somerville, Massachusetts.
The official, neutral name of Switzerland, which has multiple official languages, is the latin "Confederation Helvetica", or the Helvetic Confederation, thus the "CH" on license plates, stickers and e-mail addresses.
There were ten Johns, out of 102 people, on the Mayflower.
Tina Turner's real name is Annie Mae Bullock.
Hydrangeas produce pink and white flowers in alkaline soil and blue ones in acidic soil.
Dallas, Texas was named after George M. Dallas, President Polk's vice-president.
Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916 by a Suffolk, Virginia schoolchild who won $5 in a design contest sponsored by Planters Peanuts.
Jackals have one more pair of chromosomes than dogs or wolves.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
Basenji dogs and Australian dingoes are virtually identical.
Any number, squared, is equal to one more than the numbers on either side of it -- 4x6 is 24, 5x5 is 25.
Thanks to Ursula Vernon (setik@usinternet.com) of St. Paul, Minnesota.
If Brooklyn, New York became independent of New York City, it would be the third largest city in the United States, after the remainder of New York and Los Angeles.
Thanks to Kris Higgins (odrust@ix.netcom.com) of
Brooklyn, New York.
The Yellowstone River is the longest undammed river west of the Mississippi.
Thanks to Heather Cook (heathcook@hotmail.com) of San Diego, California.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
This one is for Nathan.
The King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.
Thanks to Jody Powell (jodymp@erols.com) of Richmond, Virginia.
"Vang" is the most common surname among the Hmong people of Laos.
Thanks to James E. F. Landau (bcnk89b@prodigy.com) of Moraga, California.
The London Underground station "St. John's Wood" is the only such station to not contain any of the letters of the word "Mackerel."
Thanks to Paul Way (paulway@dpi.qld.gov.au)
of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Susan B. Anthony's middle initial stands for Brownell.
Thanks to Shannon Wood (shannon.wood@sonoma.edu) of Rohnert Park, California.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight.
Thanks to Simon Collins of Guildford, England, United Kingdom.
Hippopotamuses do eighty percent of their vocalizations under water.
Thanks to Peter Thompson (glets@net-link.net).
When Patty Hearst was kidnapped, she was watching the TV Show "The Magician" starring Bill Bixby.
Thanks to Jerry L. Winkler (jerryw@edge.net).
The oldest Whiskey distillery in the world is in Ireland and started distilling in 1657.
Whiskey in Ireland is spelled with an 'e' before the 'y.' Scottish Whisky (or Scotch) is spelt without the 'e.'
Thanks to Paul McCabe of Dublin, Ireland.
A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average.
Thanks to Emma Dowd (actionsw@starwon.com.au) of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
You can tell a girl crab from a boy crab by their stomachs. A girl has a beehive and a boy has a lighthouse.
Thanks to Karen Lavoie (jelloface@hotmail.com) of Comox, British Columbia, Canada.
Mongooses were brought to Hawai'i to kill rats. This plan failed because rats are nocturnal while the mongoose hunts during the day.
Thanks to Green Frog (nashnash@gte.net) of Honolulu, Hawai'i.
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
Thanks to Abby Anthony (roseala@erols.com) of Olney, Maryland.
I, Q, and X are the only letters that don't start a city that ends in -ville in the state of Ohio. i.e. Brownsville, Zanesville, etc.
Thanks to Tyler Roe (roetb@email.uc.edu) of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The German Bundestag, or Parliament, has 672 members and is the world's largest elected legislative body.
Thanks to Roger Janesheski of Granger, Indiana.
The billionth digit of pi is 9.
Thanks to Ben Peoples (ben@aleph0.mit.edu) of Kentucky.
Iowa is the only state bordered on both east and west entirely by rivers - the Mississippi on the east, the Missouri and the Big Sioux on the west.
The next-to-last event is the penultimate, and the next-to-next-to-last event is the antepenultimate.
Thanks to Tom Hansen (hansentd@iquest.net) of Avon, Indiana.
Dominica, Mexico, Zambia, Kiribati, Fiji and Egypt all have birds on their flags.
Thanks to Jeff Thomas (bobby999@mindspring.com) of Citrus Heights, California.
The Honey Badger can withstand hundreds of African bee stings that would kill any other animal.
Thanks to Todd Keech (wkff63d@prodigy.com) of Centerton, New Jersey.
Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
Thanks to Chuck Smith (CharlesSmith@compuserve.com)
of Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
Australia is the richest source of mineral sands in the world.
Thanks to Benn Skender (eskenderba@alpha2.curtin.edu.au) of Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia.
Shannon Hoon, the now-dead lead singer of the group Blind Melon was a back-up singer for Guns N' Roses on their Use Your Illusion 1 CD.
Thanks to Ryan Mouncey of Syracuse, New York.
The province of Alberta in Canada has been completely free of rats since 1905.
Thanks to Jason (jknibbs@tntcomputer.com) of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Melanie Griffith's mother is actress Tippi Hedren, best known for her lead role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Illinois has the most personalized liscense plates of any state.
Thanks to Steven Turano (toomie@worldnet.att.net) of Norcross, Georgia.
The only commercial fishing vessels in the United States still powered by sail are the Maryland "skipjacks," sailboats that dredge for oysters. A state law requires sailpower a certain distance from shore.
Thanks to Deb Mahler (DC4rmMD@aol.com) of Parsonsburg, Maryland.
Fresno County, California is the largest agriculture producing county in the United States.
Thanks to J.B. Seibert (JBSeibert@aol.com) of Fresno, California.
The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence.
Thanks to Gabby Hyman (gabby@waypt.com) of Port Townsend, Washington.
A bowling pin need only tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down.
Thanks to Steve Turano (toomie@worldnet.att.net)
of Norcross, Georgia.
The only person to be elected to both the baseball and football Hall of Fames is Cal Hubbard.
Thanks to Adam Allouba (rwilco@interlog.com.
The movie playing at the drive-in at the beginning of "The Flintstones" was the The Monster.
You should not eat a crawfish with a straight tail. It was dead before it was cooked.
Thanks to Danny
Butler (dbutler@ci.newport-
news.va.us) of Newport, Virginia.
Mongolia is the largest landlocked country.
Thanks to Sara Hyde (rhyde@neo.lrun.com) of Alliance, Ohio.
The last Playboy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985. Venice Kong was the model.
Jackie Robinson was the only person to letter in four sports at UCLA. Of all of them, he supposedly liked baseball the least.
Thanks to Dan Jacobs of Villisca, Iowa.
The talus is the second largest bone in the foot.
Thanks to Richard long (yokeyna@hotmail.com) of Keyser, West Virginia.
The national anthem of the Netherlands "Het Wilhelmus," is an 'acrostichon.' The first letters of each of the fifteen verses represent the name "Willem Van Nassov."
The Japanese anthem has the oldest lyrics/text from the ninth century, but the music is from 1880.
Thanks to Albert Siersema (appie@crap.net) of Groningen, The Netherlands.
142857 is a cyclic number, the numbers of which always appear in the same order but rotated around when multipled by any number from 1 to 6.
142857 * 2 = 285714 142857 * 3 = 428571 142857 * 4 = 571428 142857 * 5 = 714285 142857 * 6 = 857142
Thanks to Dave Pigott (davep@harlequin.co.uk) of Cambridge, England, United_Kingdom.
Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest volcano in our solar system.
All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after characters from Shakespeare.
Thanks to Pits (pits@rat.org) of New
Hampshire.
King Kong is the first movie to have its sequel -- Son
of Kong -- released the same year (1933).
Thanks to Dan Bezaire (dbezaire@wincom.net) of Belle River, Ontario, Canada.
Devon is the only county in Great Britain to have two coasts.
Thanks to Pete Cook (peter.cook@roke.co.uk) of the United Kingdom.
Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa and grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Thanks to Margie (margieh@snowcrest.net) of Nebraska.
The real name of the Looney Tunes music is "The Merry-Go-Round Broken Down."
The Yale Crew team was the first college sports team, started in 1843. The Yale-Harvard crew race was the first, and the longest-running American intercollegiate sports event. The first race was held in 1852.
"Rhythms" and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels.
The Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania founded in 1829 is the oldest in the United States.
Thanks to Jesse Thornburg (Skank_Man@hotmail.com) of Potsville, Pennsylvania.
In a tradition dating to the begining of the Westminster system of government, the
bench in the middle of a Westminster parliarment is two and a half sword lengths long. This was so the government and oppositon couldn't have a go at each other if it all got a bit heated!
Thanks to Jim of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Pennsylvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft.
Thanks to Jason Wray (jimwray@nb.net) of Vandergrift, Pennsylvania.
New York City is nicknamed the Big Apple after an early swing dance that originated in a South Carolina club called The Big Apple.
Cats can hear ultrasound.
Thanks to Jonathan Brian Nelson (snelson@lwbsi.com) of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The word for "name" in Japanese is "na-ma-e," in Mongolian "nameg."
The many sights that represent the Chinese city of Beijing were built by foreigners: the Forbidden City was built by the Mongols, the Temple of Heaven by
the Manchurians.
Thanks to Kenin (Rswo@aol.com) of Chicago, Illinois.
The distance between an alligator's eyes, in inches, is directly proportional to the length of the alligator, in feet.
Thanks to Jay Littman (littmanj@tbglp.com) of Mount Kisco, New York.
Beaver Cleaver's locker number was #9.
Thanks to MangoPete (MangoPete@aol.com) of Newport Beach, California.
The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies, and the Siberian tiger has the fewest.
A tiger's paw prints are called pug marks.
All Hebrew orignating names that end with the letters "el" have something to do with God.
The closest relative to the manatee is the elephant, scientists think the elephant crawled back into the sea to become a manatee.
Thanks to Joshua Allen (riftwalker@geocities.com of O'Neill, Nebraska.
All elephants walk on tip-toe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone.
George Harrison knows how to play the sitar.
Thanks to Kara Fitzgerald (Beatles597.aol.com) of West Boylston, Massachusetts.
"Toki doki kuruma de kayotte imasu" means "Sometimes I commute by car" in Japanese.
Thanks to Jim Campbell (jwampb@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu) of Normal, Illinois.
Paul McCartney's mother was a midwife.
Thanks to Thomas Pelkmann (102354.303@compuserve.com) of Munich, Germany.
The phrase "sleep tight" originated when mattresses were set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope.
The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.
A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.
The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo.
Thanks to Kris Gleisner (kpbiz@cdsnet.net) of Grants Pass, Oregon.
Welsh mercenary bowmen in the medieval period only wore one shoe at a time.
On a trip to the South Sea Islands, French painter Paul Gauguin stopped off briefly in Central America, where he worked as a laborer on the Panama Canal.
Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."
The words sacrilegious and religion do not share the same etymological root.
Thanks to Peter Bacon (kato@cts.com) of San Diego, California.
"John has a long moustache" was the coded-signal used by the French Resistance in WWII to mobilize their forces once the Allies had landed on the Normandy beaches.
Thanks to Dominic (mfgxugdr@fs1.art.man.ac.uk) of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.
Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed.
Thanks to Nancy of Rumson, New Jersey.
There are four states where the first letter of the capital city is the same letter as the first letter of the state: Dover, Delaware; Honolulu, Hawaii; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
There are four cars and eleven lightposts on the back of a ten-dollar bill.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought at neighboring Breed's Hill.
Thanks to Chris
Luckett (luckett@hookup.net)
of Dundas, Ontario, Canada.
Former U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater attended the opening night ceremonies and
festivities at Bugsy Siegel's famous Las Vegas casino. They left him out of the movie
Bugsy. He is pissed.
Thanks to Tom McMurray (chartpro@gate.net) of Florida.
ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.
Thanks to Dheeraj Dasari (dxdst+@pitt.edu) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
What five digit number, when multiplied by the number 4, is the same number with the
digits in reverse order? 21978; 21978 x 4 = 87912.
Thanks to Larry Bridge of Gilbert, Arizona.
A robin's egg is blue, but if you put it in vinegar for thirty days it turns yellow.
Thanks to Allan Lewis (monninm@solutions.net) of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
White-Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith, formerly of the Monkees.
Thanks to Chris Kelly of Skokie, Illinois.
The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Periwinkle Blue.
Spider Monkies like banana daquiries.
Thanks to Molly Morgan of Columbus, Ohio.
The coast line around Lake Sakawea in North Dakota is longer than the California
coastline along the Pacific Ocean.
Thanks to Mark Muggli (amuggli@btigate.com) of Bismarck, North Dakota.
Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar with "Midnight Cowboy." Her entire role lasted only six minutes.
Thanks to Boris.
School buses in the United States are Chrome Yellow and used to be Omaha Orange.
Thanks to M. B. MacLeod, Jr. (malcolmm@nando.net) of Smithfield, North Carolina.
The tailless dinner jacket was invented in Tuxedo Park, New York. Thus it is called the "tuxedo dinner jacket" and is named after the town...not the other way around.
Thanks to Rebecca Foster of Ithaca, New York.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
Thanks to Perri Mongan (coastcat@mnsinc.com) of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Thanks to Peter Cassels (pcassels@ix.netcom.com) of San Francisco, California.
The chemical formula for Rubidium Bromide is RbBr. It is the only chemical formula known to be a palindrome!
Thanks to Pacha Nambi of Seattle, Washington.
Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.
Sarsaparilla is the root that flavors root beer.
Thanks to Susan Shirley (susan545@scrtc.blue.net) of Edmonton, Kentucky.
A full moon always rises at sunset.
Thanks to Loren Fisher (lorfis@eclipse.net) of Somerville, New Jersey.
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
Thanks to Joe Don of Boston, Massachusetts.