First Archives

fact- the Spanish were the first nation-state to create a national archives.

Rights

Fact- There were 14 original copies of the Bill of Rights made (one for each of the 13 original states and one for the Federal government). 5 states have lost their copies

Dracula

Fact- Bram Stoker was going to call his book "The Dead Un-Dead". He eventually decided to call it "Dracula"

Interesting Degree

Fact- At Liverpool Hope University, you can get a masters degree in The Beatles

Barbies.

Fact- In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper" whose breasts grew when you turned her arm. It caused a lot of backlash

Robot Love

Fact- in 1980 C-3PO and R2-D2 visited Sesame Street. R2-D2 fell in love with a fire hydrant

Typing

Fact- Alaska is the only state that can be typed using the keys on only one row

Disney= Happily Ever After

Fact- In 1991 Wayne Allwine (the voice of Mickey Mouse) married Russi Taylor (the voice of Minne Mouse)!

UConn

fact- at the University of Connecticut you can get a degree in Puppetry

Cavity

Fact- The name of the guy in the board game Operation is Cavity Sam

Manx

Fact- Manx cats were bred on the Isle of Man around 1750 and thats where the name comes from. In the native Manx language, the cats are called stubbin.

Odd

Fact- Smith and Wesson sell mountain bikes. If you buy a handgun or handcuffs with it, shipping is free

Lucky 18

Fact- Dice-K of the Red Sox is contractually guaranteed the jersey number 18. Apparently its his lucky number

Tiny

Fact- Freeport Kansas is the smallest town to have a bank. It is .2 miles in area and has 6 residents.

Frodo

Fact- JRR Tolkien modeled the horrors that Sam and Frodo face on the way to Mordor on his experiences in the trenches during WWI

Crunch

Fact- Cap'n Crunch's (of cereal fame) full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch

Makes Sense

Fact- A study recently found that men waste an average of $3000 over the course of a lifetime in gas because they refuse to ask for directions

Oops!

Fact- in the 1908 Olympic Games, the Russian team showed up late, missing their events in several sports. This is because they were still using the Julian calendar, one of the last countries to change to the Georgian calendar. The Russians were 12 days behind the rest of the world.

Confetti is hard to Clean

Fact- The first person to have a ticker-tape parade was Commodore Dewey, who was a hero of the Spanish American War