1.In 1939 , Hitler ’s nephew write an article called " Why I Hate My Uncle . " He came to the U.S. , served in the Navy , and settle on Long Island .
2.Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency ’s Maryland home office in 1999 . It was fear the toys might repeat national security closed book .
3.Mark Twain manufacture a circuit card plot calledMark Twain ’s Memory Builder : A secret plan for develop and Retaining All Sorts of Facts and Dates .
4.In 1991 , Wayne Allwine , the voice of Mickey Mouse , wed Russi Taylor — the articulation of Minnie .
5.Carly Simon ’s dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster . He co - founded the fellowship .
6.When the mamma of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s , it was issued a recommendation . Ramses ' business ? " King ( at peace ) . "
7.On an April sidereal day in 1930 , the BBC report , " There is no news program . " Instead they play piano music .
8.Johnny Cash ’s " A Boy Named Sue " was write by darling child ’s author Shel Silverstein .
9.Ben & Jerry learned how to make icing cream by taking a $ 5 proportionateness course offered by Penn State . ( They decide to split one course of instruction . )
10.The countersign " PEZ " come from the German news for peppermint — PfeffErminZ.
11.Failed PEZ flavors admit coffee , eucalyptus , menthol , and flower .
12.In the 1970s , Mattel sell a doll called " Growing Up Skipper . " Her breasts grew when her arm was turned .
13.Before Sally Ride became the first American cleaning woman in space , a reporter asked , " Do you weep when things go incorrectly on the occupation ? "
14.In the 1980s , Pablo Escobar ’s Medellin Cartel was spending $ 2,500 a month on safety band just to withstand all their hard currency .
15.The gargantuan inflatable rat that shows up at unification protests has a name — Scabby .
16.When the reckoner mouse was forge , it was call the " X - Y Position Indicator for a Display System . "
17.The discoverer of the AK-47 has enjoin he wishes he ’d invented something to help farmers instead — " for good example a lawnmower . "
18.The Vatican Bank is the world ’s only banking company that allows ATM users to execute dealing in Latin .
19.The duffel bag come its name from the town of Duffel , Belgium , where the material used in the bags was originally sell .
20.James Avery ( " Uncle Phil " onThe Fresh Prince of Bel Air ) was the vox of Shredder on theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlescartoon .
21.At Fatburger , you’re able to order a " Hypocrite"—a vegetable burger topped with crispy strip show of Sir Francis Bacon .
22.When ask who owned the patent on the polio vaccine , Jonas Salk said , " Well , the people . There is no letters patent . Could you patent the sun ? "
23.The Q in Q - tips digest for timber .
25.Norwegian skier Odd - Bjoern Hjelmeset on why he did n’t win gold at the 2010 Olympics : " I think I have see too much erotica in the last 14 days . "
26.When ask why he chose the name Piggly Wiggly , founder Clarence Saunders said , " So citizenry will inquire that very question . "
27.A subsequence calledBeetlejuice Goes Hawaiianwas written but never acquire .
28.After an on-line vote in 2011 , Toyota announced that the official plural form of Prius was Prii .
29.In his book , Dick Cheney says his lily-livered lab Dave was banish from Camp David for round President Bush ’s dog Barney .
30.Lyme disease is named after the town of Lyme , Connecticut , where several caseful were identified in 1975 .
31.Reno is far west than Los Angeles .
32.William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from JFK ’s White House . " Why that ’s a hundred mi away , " he said . " That ’s a longsighted way to go just to run through . "
33.In 1907 , an ad campaign for Kellogg ’s Corn Flakes extend a free box of grain to any woman who would wink at her grocer .
34.Why did the FBI call Ted Kaczynski " The Unabomber " ? Because his early postal service bombs were sent to universities ( UN ) & airlines ( A ) .
35.As part of David Hasselhoff ’s divorce settlement , he go along possession of the nickname " Hoff " and the catchphrase " Do n’t Hassle the Hoff . "
36.“Jay " used to be slang for " gooselike soul . " So when a walker disregard street signs , he was refer to as a " jaywalker . "
37.Duncan Hines was a real person . He was a democratic eatery critic who also wrote a book of hotel testimonial .
38.The only number whose letters are in alphabetical rules of order is 40 ( f - o - r - MT - y ) .
39.Obsessive nose picking is called rhinotillexomania .
40.“Silver Bells " was called " Tinkle Bells " until co - composer Jay Livingston ’s married woman severalise him " ting " had another meaning .
41.Michael Jackson ’s 1988 autobiographyMoonwalkwas edit by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis .
42.How did Curious George get to America ? He was captured in Africa by The Man With the Yellow Hat — with his yellow chapeau .
43.In the early degree version ofThe Wizard of Oz , Dorothy ’s close companion Toto was replaced by a cow diagnose Imogene .
44.Tobias Fünke ’s " nevernude " status onArrested Developmentis veridical . It ’s called " gymnophobia " — the fearfulness of nude body .
45.Hawaiian Punch was in the beginning break as a tropic flavored ice cream topping .
46.Andy ’s evil neighbour Sid fromToy Storyreturns briefly as the garbage man inToy Story 3 .
47.Jacuzzi is a brand name . you’re able to also buy Jacuzzi toilet and mattress .
48.During a 2004 instalment ofSesame Street , Cookie Monster said that before he started eat cookies , his name was Sid .
49.Roger Ebert and Oprah Winfrey went on a couple appointment in the mid-1980s . It was Roger who convinced her to syndicate her lecture show .
50.Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can . When he passed forth in 2008 , his ashes were bury in one .
51.When he appeared onWait Wait … Don’t differentiate Me ! , Bill Clinton correctly answered three questions aboutMy small Pony : Friendship Is Magic .
52.The archerfish knocks its worm prey out of over - hanging branches with a current of saliva .
53.There really was a Captain Morgan . He was a Welsh pirate who later on became the lieutenant regulator of Jamaica .
54.In 1961 , Martha Stewart was selected as one ofGlamourmagazine;s " Ten Best - Dressed College Girls . "
55.Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one course of key . ( Go forrader and try out typewrite the other 49 State Department . We ’ll wait . )
56.At the 1905 marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt , President Teddy Roosevelt gave away the bride .
57.Sorry , parents . According to NASA ’s FAQ page , " There are no plans at this time to send child into distance . "
58.The German wordkummerspeckmeans superfluous exercising weight gained from emotional gula . Literally , grief Baron Verulam .
59.The center of all the number on a toothed wheel wheel is 666 .
60.Only one McDonald ’s in the world has turquoise archway . Government functionary in Sedona , Arizona , thought the yellow would look defective with the instinctive red rock of the city .
61.Brenda Lee was only 13 when she recorded " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree . "
62.Asperger syndrome is name for Austrian pediatrist Hans Asperger , who described it in 1944 . He called his patient role " Little Professors . "
63.The term " lawn mullet " refers to a neatly manicure front cubic yard with an unmowed mess in the back .
64.After OutKast blab " Shake it like a Polaroid picture , " Polaroid liberate this instruction : " Shaking or waving can really damage the image . "
65.InPeanutsin 1968 , Snoopy trained to become a champion sleeve - wrestler . In the end , he was disqualify for not having ovolo .
66.In France , the Ashton Kutcher / Natalie Portman movieNo Strings Attachedwas calledSex Friends .
67.The famous " Heisman pose " is base on Ed Smith , a former NYU black market back who model for the trophy ’s statue maker in 1934 .
68.For $ 45 , the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and impression will betray you a 5 - lb bag with $ 10,000 worth of shredded U.S. up-to-dateness .
69.Before going with Blue Devils , Duke reckon the nicknames Blue Eagles , Royal Blazes , patrician Warriors and Polar Bears .
70.At an NOAA conference in 1972 , Roxcy Bolton aim naming hurricane after Senators instead of women . She also preferred " him - i - cane . "
71.For one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. in 1998 , Topeka , Kansas , renamed itself " ToPikachu " to mark Pokemon ’s U.S. debut .
72.Before sink on the Seven Dwarfs we know today , Disney also considered Chesty , Tubby , Burpy , Deafy , Hickey , Wheezy , and Awful .
73.TheDictionary of American Slangdefines " well-chosen gelt " as money to be spend " on entertainment or other self - satisfying thing . "
74.Herbert Hoover was Stanford ’s football squad manager . At the first Stanford - Cal game in 1892 , he forgot to bring the ball .
75.The unkempt Shaggy ofScooby - Doofame has a rather proper real name — Norville Rogers .
76.If you open your eyes in a pitch - black elbow room , the colour you ’ll see is called ' eigengrau . '
77.In 1965 , a Senate subcommittee predicted that by 2000 , Americans would only be work 20 hours a workweek with seven weeks holiday .
78.There are more or less 70 ingredients in the McRib .
79.A baby can cost new parents 750 time of day of sleep in the first yr .
80.Winston Churchill ’s female parent was gestate in Brooklyn .
81.Brazil could n’t afford to send its athlete to the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles . So they loaded their ship with coffee and betray it along the room .
82.Before Stephen Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants , he instruct nautical biology .
83.New Mexico State ’s first graduating class in 1893 had only one scholar — and he was shot and killed before graduation .
84.George Washington insisted his continental USA be permitted a dry quart of beer as part of their daily ration .
85.When Canada ’s Northwest Territories deliberate rename itself in the 1990s , one name that get ahead support was " Bob . "
86.President Nixon was speak at Disney World when he famously declared , " I am not a bend . "
87.In a study by the Smell & Taste Research Foundation , the aroma women found most arousing was Good & Plenty candy mixed with cucumber .
88.In 1958 , Larry King smashed into John F. Kennedy ’s motorcar . JFK aver he ’d forget the whole affair if King foretell to vote for him when he ran for chairwoman .
89.Before she wroteThe Hunger Games , Suzanne Collins was a writer forClarissa excuse it All .
90.The male camelopard determines a female person ’s fertility by tasting her urine . If it passes the test , the courting go forward .
91.Hell - o ? Hell no ! In 1997 , Kleberg County in Texas point " Heaven - o " as its official raw telephone set salutation .
92.Jim Cummings is the voice of Winnie the Pooh . He calls sick kids in hospital and confabulation with them in character .
93.The first webcam watched a coffee bean pot . It allow investigator at Cambridge to supervise the coffee situation without leaving their desks .
94.In 1979 , Japan offer newfangled British PM Margaret Thatcher 20 " karate noblewoman " for protection at an economic summit meeting . She declined .
95.The Pittsburgh Penguins made Mister Rogers an honorary police chief in 1991 .
96.In a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill , Admiral John Fisher used the phrase " O.M.G. "
97.Truman Show Delusion is a genial condition label by a patient ’s belief that he or she is the adept of an imaginary reality show .
98.During the first Super Bowl in 1967 , NBC was still in commercial when the second one-half kicked off . official require the Packers to complain off again .
99.Sea otters contain hands when they sleep so they do n’t drift apart .
