I don't lick those... ewwwww.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

The pokemon episode "Electric Soldier Porygon" induced seizures in thousands of Japanese people.  When reports were made about the incident the scene that caused the seizures was shown causing even more seizures.

Now that was a brilliant move...

Yitzhak Rabin never served a full term as Prime Minister of Israel.  3 years into his first term he resigned and 3 years into his second term he was assassinated.

Only two U.S. presidents have been impeached:  Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

The tv show ER was originally planned as a movie to be directed by Steven Spielberg. When plans fell through and the project eventually became a series, Spielberg became interested in another Michael Crichton creation: Jurassic Park.

A traditional bread box is usually large enouh to house two loaves of bread.

Canned bread does in fact exist.

The burrowing boodie of Australia is the only kangaroo in the world that lives underground.

The Ottoman Empire existed until the end of World War I when the Young Turk movement took power of the country.

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

The average chimp is 5 to 7 times stronger than the average human

The last time the United States officially declared war was against Japan in 1941.  It has been 70 years since America was at war.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history; Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

Then why is the King of Hearts always committing suicide?

For the last 10 years the only Chinese food menu item I have ordered is chicken egg foo young

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

Great Expectations originally had an entirely different ending but since the book was released in serial format Dickens changed it just before it was released.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

Humans are closer genetically to chimps than gorillas.

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

I found the chimp trivia while trying to find out what the true average strength of a man is.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

The Wii was created because Nintendo's Gamecube didn't make enough money to allow for the creation of a next generation console.  Instead they made a gimmicky console with last generation graphics severely limiting the third party content.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.