Saturday, October 11, 2008

FUN FACTS (compiled for Letterman submission)

FUN FACTS (Late Show with David Letterman)
  • The first-ever Tex-Mex restaurant opened in 1982 just outside of Knoxville.
  • Humans and leopards are the only animals that have sex out of spite.
  • By law, the first dance at all proms in Nebraska must be “The Safety Dance.”
  • 11% of all parrots speak with a lisp.
  • The letters A, E, I, O, and U do not get along with Y.
  • A typical elevator goes up 38% more often than it goes down.
  • On average, janitors carry the key to five hearts and three cities.
  • The most popular moment in television history was when "Yes, Dear" was canceled
  • People named Lenny squelch on bets 63% more often than those named Larry.
  • Kofi Annan’s chatroom screen name is “Johnny Cocoa-Butter.”
  • Women with fake breasts are far more apt to “keep it real” than those with real breasts.
  • In addition to Vegas, what happens in Tulsa stays in Tulsa.
  • Queen Elizabeth coined the phrase, “You can look, but you can’t touch.”
  • There is no difference between cat food and dog food – Cats know this, but dogs do not.
  • Easter Island is insanely jealous of Christmas Island.
  • The reason onions make people cry is they subconsciously remind them of high school.
  • When using walkie talkies, it is important to remember that the person on the left must speak first.
  • At any given moment, at least one member of Limp Bizkit wonders where they went wrong.
  • To this day, the surviving actors from “The Adam’s Family” and “The Munsters” despise each other.
  • Every three seconds someone new does not read your blog.
  • It is completely legal for American Indians to scalp concert tickets, but not football tickets.
  • Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers are made with little bits of real goldfish.
  • Nearly 4 in 5 Dalmatians are left-handed.
  • Sizzler is never not hiring.
  • It’s considered rude to “go all in” if you’re the ugliest person playing strip poker.
  • Hall-of-Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry now prefers to be known as Clay Aiken Perry.
  • By law, doctors may touch your groin and ask you to cough no more than five times per visit.
  • Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is home to the world’s biggest geek.
  • Each year, 112 Americans are killed in tragic toothpick accidents.
  • Of all the surfers in the world, sharks find Australians the most delicious.
  • Middle East nations have signed a pact to unite in battle if Earth is ever attacked by extra terrestrials.