Where can I find Independence Day or USA trivia online?

Some highly interesting and useless facts? but are thse true or funny?

  • 1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. 2. Coca-Cola was originally green. 3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. 4. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. 5. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska 6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this..) 7. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% 8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 9. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000 (wonder if this one is still true) 10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. 12. The youngest pope was 11 years old. 13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. 14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. 15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar 16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 17. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 18. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. 20. I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. 21. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. 22. Until the St. Louis Rams, no NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Super bowl. 23. 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-stars Game. Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception. Q. What separates 60 Minutes, on CBS from every other TV show? A. No theme song Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter A? A. One thousand Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A. He is allergic to carrots

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    1. False - The first couple in bed together on prime time TV were Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on the show, Mary Kay and Johnny, in 1947. 2. False - Coca-Cola has always contained caramel, which gave it a brown color. 3. False - The Treasury prints about 26 million notes a day, which is worth about 974 million. Hasbro prints about 1.9 million notes a day, worth about 185 million. 4. Possibly True - Women have slightly better hearing than men on average, but I cannot find any data on reading small print. 5. True 6. True 7. True 8. False - It is actually around $16,000. I think you misplaced a 1. 9. Outdated - It is closer to 77,000. It was probably 61,000 back in 1995. 10. Unknown - I cannot find any studies conducted on this. 11. False - The world's youngest parent, Lina Medina, gave birth at age 5 in Peru. 12. Maybe - Pope Benedict IX became pope sometime between age 11 and 20. Pope John XII became pope at age 18. 13. Maybe - It is possible that the manuscript for Life on the Mississippi was typed first, even though it was not published until seven years after Tom Sawyer. 14. False - The San Francisco cable cars are not National Monuments. They are National Historic Landmarks. Even then, there are other National Historic Landmarks that move, such as the USS Nautilus and the USS Constitution. 15. Outdated - This was only true in France. They also stopped the practice of modeling the kings after real-life kings after the French Revolution. 16. True 17. False - There is no correlation at all. 18. True 19. Why is there no Number 19? 20. False - Imperative sentences can be one word long. Examples: Run. Go. Stop. 21. True 22. True 23. Outdated - This used to be true. But since the NHL started going on hiatus for the Winter Olympics, there may be more than two days without any pro sports games depending on when the all-star games take place relative to the hiatus. Q1. True Q2. False - Plenty of shows have no theme song, such as 24 and Seinfeld. Q3. Unknown - I cannot find any studies conducted on this. However, according to the NOAA, half of all Americans live within 50 miles of the coast. Q4. Outdated - Thus was true in 1997. Currently, the most popular name is Aquaholic. Q5. Maybe - Depends on if you write 101 as one hundred one or as one hundred and one. Q6. False - The bulletproof vest and laser printer were invented by men. Kevlar was invented by a woman however. But the first bulletproof vest was made out of silk. Q7. False - Honey can spoil if stored in a moist environment. Q8. True Q9. False - Blanc chewed on carrots to create the sound of Bugs eating carrots. He would then spit them out because he did not have time to eat in the middle of voicework, not because of allergies.

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Nr. 17 is not correct -

sirbobby98121

Some of these are actually true, not sure about the rest. A few just seem kinda funny but weird things are all to often factual. Hope this helped. :)

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