The word "queueing" is the only English word with five
consecutive vowels.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for
the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are
"screeched" and "strengths."

The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is
"floccinaucinihilipilification," which means "the act of
estimating as worthless."

The abbreviation for pound, "lb.," comes from the astrological
sign Libra, meaning balance, and symbolized by scales.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have
a full moon.

Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a
McDonalds.

The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' symbolizes 'two women living
under one roof'.

In Chinese, the words for crisis and opportunity are the same.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted
people without killing them used to burn their houses down -
hence the expression "to get fired."

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for
each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Maine is the only state that borders on only one state.

The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'

The average ear of corn has eight-hundred kernels arranged in
sixteen rows.

The famous split-fingered Vulcan salute is actually intended to
represent the first letter ("shin," pronounced "sheen") of the
word "shalom."  As a small boy, Leonard Nimoy observed his rabbi
using it in a benediction and never forgot it; eventually he was
able to add it to "Star Trek" lore.

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in
the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground,
the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet,
before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all
their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

The term the "Boogey Man will get you" comes from the Boogey
people, who still inhabit an area of Indonesia. These people
still act as pirates today and attack ships that pass. Thus the
term spread "if you don't watch out the Boogey man will get you."

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."

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in
every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable
as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can
sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Emus (as in more than one emu) cannot walk backwards.

The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, NY.

There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of the thirteen
blimps are in the United States.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have
about ten.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
ears never stop growing. (something makes me doubt the latter
assertion...)

David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars.
He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was
going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the
screening of the movie.

Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of "F."

Camel's milk does not curdle.

"Mr. Mojo Risin" is an anagram for Jim Morrison.

The word "modem" is a contraction of the words
"modulate, demodulate." (MOdulateDEModulate)

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean
elephants.

Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece
and Australia have participated in every Games.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one
pound.

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many
bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the
state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate
toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

No word in the English language rhymes with month or orange.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United
States.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every
Dewey-decimal category.

Roger Ebert is the only film critic to have ever won the
Pulitzer prize.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York
City, after the Catholic Church.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. (and we discovered this
how?)

An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.

Back in the mid to late 80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't
considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run
Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and
about a gallon to clean the pot.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the
child reaches 2-6 years of age.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest
point in Colorado.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you
have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins
without being able to make change for a dollar.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of
the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

No NFL team which plays it's home games in a domed stadium has
ever won a Superbowl.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To
Beaver".

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt
down but only 6 people were injured.

Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son.

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton
growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw
it as competition.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional
sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the
day after the Major  League All-Star Game.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

Star Trek was the first American TV show in which a white man
(Captain Kirk) kissed a black woman (Lt. Uhura).

The Bible never says that Adam and Eve were kicked out of the
Garden of  Eden for eating an apple.  Nor does it say they were
expelled because they had XXX Censored!.

Shakespeare's son's name was Hamnet.