Hi Friends!
1. In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S was Liberty.
2. One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
3. In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The price rose to $3,000 before eBay shut it down.
4. Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for under $1 million in 1999- but Excite turned them down.
5. There was a third Apple founder. Ronald Wayne Sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976.
6. Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.
7. In Japan, letting a Sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
8. The actor who was inside R2-D2 hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him "The rudest man I've ever met."
9. When three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had been using two letter simply added an X.
10. At one point in the 1990s, 50% of all CD's produced worldwide were for AOL.
11. Toy companies failed to duplicate the success of Theodore Roosevelt's teddy bear with William Taft's "Billy Possum."
12. Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
13. In response to The Lorax, the forest products industry published Truax to teach kids the important of logging.
14. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima for work when the A-bomb hit, made it home to Nagasaki for the second, and lived to be 93.
15. The British man changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to make it harder for telemarketers to pronounce.
16. J.P Morgan once offered $100,000 to anyone who could figure out why his face was so red. No one solved the mystery.
17. Prairie dogs say hello with kisses.
18. A 2009 search for the Loch Ness Monster came up empty. Scientists did find over 100,000 golf balls.
19. After OutKast sang "Shake it like a Polaroid picture," Polaroid released a statement that said, "Shaking or waving can actually damage the image."
20. New Mexico State's first graduating class in 1893 had only one student- and he was shot and killed before graduation.
21. In the mid-1980s, Fergie of the The Black Eyed Peas was the voice of Charlie Brown's sister Sally.
22. Jonas Salk declined to patent his polio vaccine. "There is no patent," he said. "could you patent the sun?"
23. The 50-star American flag was designed by an Ohio high school student for a class project. His teacher originally gave him a 'B'.
24. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the most commonly stolen vehicle in 2012 was the 1994 Honda Accord.
25. Crabs have their own version of the first pump. Male crabs wave their claws in the air to attract females.
Enjoy!
1. In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S was Liberty.
2. One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
3. In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The price rose to $3,000 before eBay shut it down.
4. Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for under $1 million in 1999- but Excite turned them down.
5. There was a third Apple founder. Ronald Wayne Sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976.
6. Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.
7. In Japan, letting a Sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
8. The actor who was inside R2-D2 hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him "The rudest man I've ever met."
9. When three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had been using two letter simply added an X.
10. At one point in the 1990s, 50% of all CD's produced worldwide were for AOL.
11. Toy companies failed to duplicate the success of Theodore Roosevelt's teddy bear with William Taft's "Billy Possum."
12. Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
13. In response to The Lorax, the forest products industry published Truax to teach kids the important of logging.
14. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima for work when the A-bomb hit, made it home to Nagasaki for the second, and lived to be 93.
15. The British man changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to make it harder for telemarketers to pronounce.
16. J.P Morgan once offered $100,000 to anyone who could figure out why his face was so red. No one solved the mystery.
17. Prairie dogs say hello with kisses.
18. A 2009 search for the Loch Ness Monster came up empty. Scientists did find over 100,000 golf balls.
19. After OutKast sang "Shake it like a Polaroid picture," Polaroid released a statement that said, "Shaking or waving can actually damage the image."
20. New Mexico State's first graduating class in 1893 had only one student- and he was shot and killed before graduation.
21. In the mid-1980s, Fergie of the The Black Eyed Peas was the voice of Charlie Brown's sister Sally.
22. Jonas Salk declined to patent his polio vaccine. "There is no patent," he said. "could you patent the sun?"
23. The 50-star American flag was designed by an Ohio high school student for a class project. His teacher originally gave him a 'B'.
24. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the most commonly stolen vehicle in 2012 was the 1994 Honda Accord.
25. Crabs have their own version of the first pump. Male crabs wave their claws in the air to attract females.
Enjoy!
