Sunday, July 26, 2009

Mindless Fact Monday ~ July 27, 2009

~ The longest Hollywood kiss was from the 1941 movie "You're in the Army Now". It lasted 3 minutes and 5 seconds.
~ The world camel population is over 19 million.
~ Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" makes a cameo appearance in Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame". In the same scene - a sharp-eyed viewer can spot The Lion King's Pumbaa being carried by two men with a pole and a street merchant shaking out the magic carpet from Aladdin.

~ In 1992, five cows were killed in drive-by shootings in Clay County, Missouri.

~ A person uses approximately 57 sheets of toilet paper per day.
~ Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

~ On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

~ The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

~ Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
~ Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.