True Facts

-The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
-The ice cream cone was originally a way to hold flowers, not ice cream.
-There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
-In ancient times, Iron cost more than gold.
-Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.
-Leather has enough nutritional value to sustain life for a short time.
-Charlie Brown's father was a barber.
-Parker Brothers prints roughly 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money each year.
-On average, there are 333 squares of toilet paper on each roll.
-The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the official dance of Mexico.
-Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
-In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty.
-American car horns beep to the tone of F.
-1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on TV.
-More money is spent on gardening than any other hobby.
-If you lined up all the slinkys ever made in a row they could wrap around the Earth 126 times.
-In medieval Japan, dentists extracted teeth with their hands.
-Technically speaking, a female "dude" is known as a "dudine."
-Belgians have tried to deliver mail using cats. It didn't work.
-In ancient Egypt, pillows were made of stone.
-In the middle ages chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.
-Ancient Rome had a rent-a-chariot business.
-In snow skiing, most men fall on their faces while most women fall on their behinds.
-Ropesville, Lariat, and Loop are all towns in Texas.
-The average cat has 24 whiskers.