False Facts 23
The average person burns 19 calories giving someone the finger.To create a nurturing, non-judgmental atmosphere, many math teachers now tell children that no numbers are truly negative.
In 1983, the major league baseball all-star game was played without a ball.
Just as Larry is short for Lawrence, Gary is short for Gawrence.
Our shortest president was James Madison at 3 feet, 11 inches.
In Canada, Cool Whip is called Miracle Whip; Miracle Whip is called Caulk.
For the last ten years, Henry Kissinger worked for college art classes as a nude model.
Delaware is the only state whose lemon law only applies to actual lemons.
Ballpoint pens were invented by a Michigan scientist attempting to reduce the number of birds killed for their quills.
Socrates is thought to be the first to use the phrase "a bad case of the Mondays".
Penguins can smell toothpaste from several miles away.
Glamorous movie star Brad Pitt once had a summer job posting warning signs at coal mine entrances.
During a banana shortage in the summer of 1988, banana splits were made with zucchini or carrots.
The National Weather Service will pay $30 for the rights to any original photograph of lightning.
In the early 1800s, a flush beat a full house in poker.
The rhesus monkey is the only animal that can be taught to hum a tune.
Biblical scholars recently unearthed a previously unknown gospel written by a disciple named "Rusty".
With the exception of a small 200-square-mile section of Antarctica, every single square kilometer of dry land on the planet has been walked on by at least one human being.
The Mongolian pony is the only animal other than an elephant capable of fending off an attack by a healthy adult tiger.
In 1994, an Ohio family visiting New York City stood at a broken DON'T WALK sign for three days.
Because of their unusual shape, Hershey's Kisses contain more calories per ounce than the same amount of chocolate in other forms.