Fun Trivia
Oscar the Grouch used to be orange. Jim Henson decided to make him green for the second season. The color change was explained by saying he went on vacation to a very damp muddy swamp and turned green.
The three musketeers bar was originally split into 3 pieces with three different flavors. When the other flavors became hard to come by during WWII they decided to go all chocolate.
When he appeared on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Bill Clinton answered three questions about My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Correctly
M&M’s stands for “Mars & Murrie’s” the last name of the candy’s founders.
In 1999 Furbies were banned from NSA headquarters for it was feared the toys might repeat national secrets
There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became Lt. Governor of Jamaica
The String on the Box of Animal Crackers was originally placed there so the container could be hung from a Christmas tree.
The FBI called Ted Kazinske the Unabomber because his mail bombs were sent to universities (UN) and airlines (A)
The Q in Q-tips stands for quality. They were originally called baby gays
The sum of all numbers on a roulette wheel is 666
Michael Jackson’s biography Moonwalk was edited by Jackie Kennedy
Brenda Lee was only 13, when she recorded Rocking around the Christmas Tree
The term lawn mullet refers to a neatly manicured front yard with an unmowed mess in the back yard
The female opossum has 13 nipples. Mammals tend to have twice the number of nipples as the average litter size.
About 1 in every 4 million lobsters has a genetic defect which causes it to be blue
In the early stage version of the Wizard of OZ, Dorothy’s faithful companion Toto was replaced by a cow named Imogene
Roger Ebert and Oprah Winfrey went on a couple dates in the mid 1980’s. It was Roger who convinced her to syndicate her talk show
Some snails can sleep for 3 years
Some turtles can breathe thru their butts
You’re 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the US than in France
A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds
Almonds are a member of the peach family
Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up is 1 in 2
John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles
No word in the English language rhymes with month, silver, orange, or purple
Polar bears are left handed
Bert and Ernie were named after Bert the cop, and Ernie the taxi driver in it’s a Wonderful Life
Shower Thoughts
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviors
Dog food can say its any flavor it wants you’re not gonna taste it
Water boarding at Guantanamo Bay sounds super rad if you don’t know what either of those things are
Taking candy from a baby would actually be the responsible thing to do
Girl Scouts is basically a brand name cookie company that gets away with cheap labor
Noses run but feet smell
If your neighbor has wind chimes… you have wind chimes
Fishing would be allot less popular if fish could scream
If snails are slow why don’t we ever see them coming. Its just like boom there’s a snail.
Most orchestras are just 1800’s cover bands
There should be glitter inside tires, so when there is a blowout its still kind of an okay day
The only reason I look at a bad driver is to see if I can confirm a stereotype
The word Fat looks like someone took a bite out of the letter Eat
What if all the Greek sculptures are actually ancient victims of Medusa
If you go to jail for tax evasion you’re living off of taxes as a result of not paying taxes
Do not touch would probably be an unsettling thing to read in braille
Food doesn’t really go bad something just starts eating it before you do
If you’re over thirty you were alive before every dog living in the world
We named every moon in the Solar System but our own
I correct auto correct more than it corrects me
In Stuart Little a family walks into an orphanage, looks at every child there and decides on a rodent
If someone farts at a poker tournament no one will ever know who did it
“Can I help you” really means " you look suspicious, who are you and what are you doing here"
You CAN judge a book by its cover - The back cover - There is a summary on it
You know you’re a grown up when you watch Home Alone and wonder how the parents were able to afford that house
You never know how many people you dislike until you have to name your child
Have you ever heard a woman narrate a movie trailer
Horror movies are allot less scary when you root for the villain
Naming a cat meow automatically gives it the ability to introduce itself
I used to have to watch my swearing because I was a kid amongst adults, now I have to watch my swearing because I’m an adult amongst kids.
The statement " I am as bored as you are" can be read backwards and still make sense
What if the spider I killed in my home spent his entire life thinking he was my room mate and I suddenly had some sort of psychotic break
The only correct answer to give when someone says are you sleeping is no
Saying half a dozen is a very inefficient way of saying six
Babysitters are teenagers who act like adults so adults can go out and act like teenagers
Bill Gates and you have a combined fortune of 80 billion dollars
People do not hate Mondays they hate there jobs
You’re not stuck in traffic you are the traffic
The sinking of the Titanic must have been a miracle to the lobsters in the kitchen
Does killing a spider, make the spider gene pool sneakier and more deadly
Interesting Videos
The Monopoly of Life - It all goes back in the box - YouTube
(A philosophical video comparing life to the game of Monopoly)
The Rules for Rulers - YouTube
(The best video there is to teach students how all governments work)
National Geographic: The Invisible World (1979) - YouTube
(A fascinating video by National Geographic)