Monday, December 29, 2008

Odd or Funny Facts


The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.)

A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.


The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

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