The “most admired people of the 20th century,” compiled by the Gallup Organization:
Famous people who have been hit with pies:
Giraffes sleep only two hours a day.
Heights of famous females:
What do these writers have in common?
All drove ambulances during World War I.
There are only two books in the Bible that do not contain the word God.
They are Esther and Song of Solomon.
The average guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns cuts his hair, shaves twice, and spends eight hours preparing his uniform for each day’s work. (Thanks to MysticWolf for this one.)
At its peak, during World War II, Fort Knox held enough pure gold to make 90 Statues of Liberty.
On the original Star Trek, many sets include pipes and tubes marked “GNDN”.
That’s an in-joke among the set designers — it stands for “Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing.”
Led Zeppelin never won a Grammy.