[1417] in Humor
HUMOR: Things To Know
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Fri May 3 09:58:24 1996
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 09:52:15 EDT
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 23:37:34 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
AMUSING IRRELEVANT FACTS
The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WWI.
Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he
might be retarded.
In 1983, a Japanese artist made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of
toast.
In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.
An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500s.
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians
in 2000 B.C.
America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her
coffee.
The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
About 70% of Americans who go to college do it just to make more
money. [The rest of us are avoiding reality for four more years.]
Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard
Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless
existential hell."
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
"Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.
