Hi Friends!
1. Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men is used by researchers to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness.
2. Sean Connery turned down the Gandalf role in Lord of the Rings. "I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don't understand it.
3. E.B White of Charlotte's Web fame is the "White" of Strunk and White, who wrote The Elements of Style.
4. Chock Full o' Nuts coffee does not contain nuts. It's named for a chain of nuts stores that the founder converted into coffee shops.
5. 12+1 =11+2, and "Twelve plus one" is one anagram of "Eleven plus two."
6. At the height of Rin Tin Tin's fame, a chef prepared him a daily steak lunch. Classical musicians played to aid his digestion.
7. The Arkansas School for the Deaf's nickname is the Leopards. The Deaf Leopards.
8. If your dog's feet smell like corn chips, you're not alone. Term "Frito Feet" was coined to describe the scent.
9. Barry Manilow did not write his hit "I write the Songs".
10. He did, however, write State Farms's "Like a Good Neighbor" jingle.
11. And "I am stuck on Band-Aids, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me."
12. Winston Churchill's mother was born in Brooklyn.
13. Officials in Portland, Ore., drained 8 million gallons of water from a reservoir in 2011 because a buzzed 21 year old peed in it.
14. There's a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.
15. If you start counting at one and spell out the number as you go, you won't use the letter "A" until you reach 1,000.
16. After Leonardo da Vinci's death, King Francis I of France hung the Mona Lisa in his bathroom.
17. Redondo Beach, CA adopted the Goodyear Blimp as the city's official bird in 1983.
18. In 2001, Beaver college changed its name to Arcadia in part because anti-porn filters blocked access to the school's website.
19. Peeps Lip Balm is something that exists.
20. Quentin Tarantino played an Elvis impersonator on The Golden Girls.
21. Sleeping through winter is hibernation, while sleeping through summer is estivation.
22. In Qaddafi's compound, Libyan rebels found a photo album filled with pictures of Condoleezza Rice.
23. In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teens thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 20% thought Winston Churchill was not.
24. Janis Joplin left $2,500 in her will for her friends to "have a ball after I'm gone."
25. The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks.
Enjoy!
1. Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men is used by researchers to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness.
2. Sean Connery turned down the Gandalf role in Lord of the Rings. "I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don't understand it.
3. E.B White of Charlotte's Web fame is the "White" of Strunk and White, who wrote The Elements of Style.
4. Chock Full o' Nuts coffee does not contain nuts. It's named for a chain of nuts stores that the founder converted into coffee shops.
5. 12+1 =11+2, and "Twelve plus one" is one anagram of "Eleven plus two."
6. At the height of Rin Tin Tin's fame, a chef prepared him a daily steak lunch. Classical musicians played to aid his digestion.
7. The Arkansas School for the Deaf's nickname is the Leopards. The Deaf Leopards.
8. If your dog's feet smell like corn chips, you're not alone. Term "Frito Feet" was coined to describe the scent.
9. Barry Manilow did not write his hit "I write the Songs".
10. He did, however, write State Farms's "Like a Good Neighbor" jingle.
11. And "I am stuck on Band-Aids, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me."
12. Winston Churchill's mother was born in Brooklyn.
13. Officials in Portland, Ore., drained 8 million gallons of water from a reservoir in 2011 because a buzzed 21 year old peed in it.
14. There's a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.
15. If you start counting at one and spell out the number as you go, you won't use the letter "A" until you reach 1,000.
16. After Leonardo da Vinci's death, King Francis I of France hung the Mona Lisa in his bathroom.
17. Redondo Beach, CA adopted the Goodyear Blimp as the city's official bird in 1983.
18. In 2001, Beaver college changed its name to Arcadia in part because anti-porn filters blocked access to the school's website.
19. Peeps Lip Balm is something that exists.
20. Quentin Tarantino played an Elvis impersonator on The Golden Girls.
21. Sleeping through winter is hibernation, while sleeping through summer is estivation.
22. In Qaddafi's compound, Libyan rebels found a photo album filled with pictures of Condoleezza Rice.
23. In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teens thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 20% thought Winston Churchill was not.
24. Janis Joplin left $2,500 in her will for her friends to "have a ball after I'm gone."
25. The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks.
Enjoy!
