- There are 216 noodles in a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup.
- Not counting vowels, the most frequently used letter in the English language is t.
- In the U.S., more gold is used to make class rings than any other piece of jewelry.
- The House of Faberge made only 50 of its jewel-encrusted eggs. Of the 50, 28 are in museums, 14 are in private hands (including the nine that had been owned by the late Malcolm Forbes), and eight are missing.
- The cost to mint a penny is more than one cent.
- If a penny is randomly tossed in the air, the odds are actually one percent higher that it will land on tails, because the image of Lincoln weighs more, increasing the chance it will end up on the bottom.
- A one-ounce serving of Cheerios contains 400 individual "O's"
- The longest-running commercial in T.V. history is the ad for Life cereal featuring Mikey ("Let Mikey try it. He hates everything."), which aired nationally for 12 years.
- The magna Doodle that hung on the inside of the door to Joey and Chandler's apartment on Friends had a different picture on it in every episode. There was usually a connection between the picture and the plot.
- In 1968, J.R.R. Tolkien sold the rights to The Lord of the Rings for $15,ooo.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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I feel so smart now! Thank you sis!
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