· Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley’s Comet came into view. When he died in 1910, Haley’s Comet came into view again.

· Charlie Brown’s father was a barber.

· Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

· The volume of the Earth’s moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

· Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

· In Mel Brooks’ ‘Silent Movie,’ mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

· The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

· The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California.

· “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”

· If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

· The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.

· Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

· Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

· There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility.

· Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

· The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

· In 1969, the last Corvair was painted gold.

· The only real people to be a Pez head are Betsy Ross, Paul Revere and Daniel Boone.

· Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble’s Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.

· On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1” encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

· Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

· The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.

· A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.

· Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.

· Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.

· Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.