Some interesting things you might not have known.
These are all 100% true, you can look then up if you want to. I just thought they were rather interesting so I thought I would share. Hope you get a giggle or a moment of surprise reading them just as I did.
The term "God Bless You" was created because some believed that your heart stopped when you sneezed and the devil could enter your soul.
Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" after being challenged by his editor to produce a book using fewer than fifty different words.
The protocol followed when a child is reported missing is called "Code Adam" after 6-year-old Adam Walsh (the son of John Walsh, the host of America's Most wanted), who was abducted and murdered in 1981.
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis hurled a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD.
The Marlboro Man died of lung cancer.
"Mary Kay and Johnny" was the first TV series to portray a husband and wife sharing a bed.
Blood from KISS band members was mixed with the red ink used to print the first KISS comic book.
A lucky bargain hunter became a millionaire after finding an original print of the Declaration of Independence in the frame of an old painting.
A policeman promised a waitress half the winnings from his lottery ticket; all the numbers came up, and he kept his word by sharing the jackpot with her.
The Texas legislature once passed a resolution honoring the Boston Strangler.
The drug clomipramine can cause orgasms in yawning patients.
During an interview with CORE national spokesman Niger Innis, MSNBC displayed a graphic identifying him as "Nigger Innis."
When the Titanic hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic, the silent version of the film The Poseidon Adventure was being screened aboard ship.
A man was electrocuted when he answered his cell phone while the unit was recharging.
In 1977, Ken Olsen, the founder and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, said, "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."
Poppy seeds have been known to cause false positives on drug tests.
Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
The woman Jack Nicholson thought to be his sister actually turned out to be his mother.
One of the women in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only" used to be a guy.
The youngest mother on record was a five-year-old Peruvian girl.
A clever consumer earned a lifetime of free air travel by cashing in on a Healthy Choice pudding promotion.
Student mistakes example of unsolvable math problem for homework assignment and solves it.
Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine.
Nike denied a customer's request to have his shoes personalized with the word 'sweatshop.'
The lubricating spray WD-40 is so named because it was the product of the 40th attempt at creating a water displacing substance.
Gatorade was named for the Florida Gators, the University of Florida's football team.
Burma-Shave once promised to send a contest winner to Mars as part of a promotional campaign.
In 1969, comic Red Skelton lamented on his television program that the Pledge of Allegiance might someday be considered a "prayer" and eliminated from public schools.
Kryptonite brand locks can be picked with ordinary Bic pens.
Mrs. James Brown once tried to beat traffic charges by claiming she was entitled to diplomatic immunity for being married to the "ambassador of soul."
The man who penned the first traffic laws never drove a car himself.
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The term "God Bless You" was created because some believed that your heart stopped when you sneezed and the devil could enter your soul.
Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" after being challenged by his editor to produce a book using fewer than fifty different words.
The protocol followed when a child is reported missing is called "Code Adam" after 6-year-old Adam Walsh (the son of John Walsh, the host of America's Most wanted), who was abducted and murdered in 1981.
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis hurled a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD.
The Marlboro Man died of lung cancer.
"Mary Kay and Johnny" was the first TV series to portray a husband and wife sharing a bed.
Blood from KISS band members was mixed with the red ink used to print the first KISS comic book.
A lucky bargain hunter became a millionaire after finding an original print of the Declaration of Independence in the frame of an old painting.
A policeman promised a waitress half the winnings from his lottery ticket; all the numbers came up, and he kept his word by sharing the jackpot with her.
The Texas legislature once passed a resolution honoring the Boston Strangler.
The drug clomipramine can cause orgasms in yawning patients.
During an interview with CORE national spokesman Niger Innis, MSNBC displayed a graphic identifying him as "Nigger Innis."
When the Titanic hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic, the silent version of the film The Poseidon Adventure was being screened aboard ship.
A man was electrocuted when he answered his cell phone while the unit was recharging.
In 1977, Ken Olsen, the founder and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, said, "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."
Poppy seeds have been known to cause false positives on drug tests.
Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
The woman Jack Nicholson thought to be his sister actually turned out to be his mother.
One of the women in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only" used to be a guy.
The youngest mother on record was a five-year-old Peruvian girl.
A clever consumer earned a lifetime of free air travel by cashing in on a Healthy Choice pudding promotion.
Student mistakes example of unsolvable math problem for homework assignment and solves it.
Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine.
Nike denied a customer's request to have his shoes personalized with the word 'sweatshop.'
The lubricating spray WD-40 is so named because it was the product of the 40th attempt at creating a water displacing substance.
Gatorade was named for the Florida Gators, the University of Florida's football team.
Burma-Shave once promised to send a contest winner to Mars as part of a promotional campaign.
In 1969, comic Red Skelton lamented on his television program that the Pledge of Allegiance might someday be considered a "prayer" and eliminated from public schools.
Kryptonite brand locks can be picked with ordinary Bic pens.
Mrs. James Brown once tried to beat traffic charges by claiming she was entitled to diplomatic immunity for being married to the "ambassador of soul."
The man who penned the first traffic laws never drove a car himself.
TTFN