1. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 oz. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
  2. American car horns beep in the tone of F.
  3. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
  4. One in every four Americans has appeared on television.
  5. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
  6. The first CD pressed in the U.S. was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
  7. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
  8. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
  9. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. (2001)
  10. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
  11. All U.S. Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
  12. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
  13. 35% of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
  14. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
  15. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.
  16. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
  17. Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.
  18. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
  19. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.
  20. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the great; Hearts - Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
  21. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
  22. 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 Star Game.
  23. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
  24. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
  25. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
  26. There are more chickens than people in the world.
  27. Two-thirds of the world's egg plant is grown in New Jersey.
  28. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
  29. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
  30. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. (need magnifying glass to see)
  31. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."
  32. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  33. A dim has 118 ridges around the edge.
  34. it's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
  35. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
  36. The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
  37. The average person falls asleep in 7 min.
  38. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

The saying "It's so hot you could fry an egg on it" can now apply to your computer. An independent experiment proved that computers generate enough heat to fry an egg.

The recipe: 1 piece of foil, several copper pennies, and a computer with a 1.5 GHz microprocessor.

Cook time: Approximately 11 min.