1. The founders of Hewlett-Packard flipped a coin to see which one of their names would be first in the company name.
They were also best friends.


2. Wendy's founder Dave Thomas went back to school to get his GED at the age of 61.
He said he didn't want people to see his success and think dropping out of school was a good decision.

3. Some animals can delay their pregnancies.
And no one is really sure how...


4. A group of worms is called a "squirm."
This term was coined by gardening author Mary Appelhof in her book Worms Eat My Garbage (1982)

5. Post-millennial children born after 2005 watch an average of 35 hours of television a week.
That's the same amount as many full-time workers put in at the office.


6. Women blink eight more times per minute than men do.
It's a scientific fact.


7. The line between two numbers in a fraction is called a vinculum.
I'm just as amused as you are.


8. If a female ferret goes into heat and cannot find a mate, she'll die.



9. You can get a really rough estimate of the temperature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds and then adding 37.
You can also get a rough estimate of the temperature by stepping outside your house.

10. There are about 100,000 to 150,000 hair follicles on your scalp.
You want to count them all now, don't you?

11. After each player has moved three times in a game of chess, there are 121 million possible routes that the match could follow.
If it wanted to...


12. Thomas Edison patented over 1,000 inventions in his lifetime.


13. Brad Pitt originally dreamed of being an advertising art director.
He also studied Journalism at the University of Missouri.


14. Only 20 moves are needed to solve a Rubik's cube.
Can you guess which moves they are?


15. There are more green and red Skittles in the package on average than any other color.
Seriously, someone took the time to research this.

16. The world's oldest chewing gum dates back 5,000 years.


17. The longest game of Monopoly played
underground lasted 100 hours.
Yes, you read that correctly.

18. Disney World employs 62,000 people.
Really!



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