1. Every queen named Jane has either been murdered, imprisoned, gone mad, died young, or been dethroned.
2. The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in its name as its meaning.
3. Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.
4. The word Gymnasium comes from the Greek word Gymnazein which means to exercise naked.
5. Oscar was designed by MGM’s chief art director, Cedric Gibbons.
6. Jet lag was once called boat lag, before there were jets.
7. The Swift is a bird that remains airborne for 2-3 yrs, during which it sleeps, drinks, eats, and mates on the wing.
8. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourage saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.
9. The 1912 Olympics was the last time gold medals were made entirely of gold.
10. “Caterpillar” means “hairy cat” in Old French.
11. There are more germs in the human mouth than in the anus.
12. The first issue of Playboy, in 1953, which sold for a mere fifty cents, was never dated, because Hugh Hefner assumed he’d never publish another.