Random Facts

About half of all Americans are on a diet at any given time.

The 1970 World cup match between El Salvador and Honduras was so highly charged that it started on a 3 day war between the countries.

In the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Audrey Hepburn noted: "Personally, I think it's a bit tacky to wear diamonds before I'm 40"?

There are 403 steps from the foundation to the top of the torch in the Statue of Liberty.

The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.

According to Chinese legend, the color red has the ability to drive away bad luck and evil spirits.

Actor Charlie Chaplin made 81 movies over a career that spanned 50 years.

President James Garfield was ambidextrous and could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other simultaneously.

If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050.

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It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.

In 1991, the European space probe Ulysses set off for the sun.

Detroit policeman William L. Potts is credited with inventing the modern street traffic light in 1920.

Beijing boasts the world's largest Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.

In France, it is legal to marry a dead person.

The National Academy of Engineering estimates that 15,000 deaths each year are directly attributable to air pollution.

Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe.

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.

Fantasia 2000 was the first animated feature to appear on giant IMAX screens.

In 1973, a brewery in Poland accidently connected the beer storage tanks to the local water supply, delivering fresh beer to every tap in to