Stupid Facts

• In 1986, the program "Wheel of Fortune" earned of $100,000,000.
  
  
• In 1987, a 1,400-year-old lump of still-edible cheese was unearthed in Ireland.
  (see How Cheese is Made)
  
  
• In 1988, Michael Jackson earned an estimated $60,000,000.
  
  
• Patty Hearst's prison T-shirt: "Being kidnapped is always having to say you're sorry."
  
  
• The LaCoste shirt is named after French tennis star Rene LaCoste, Davis Cup winner in 1927.
  (see Wimbledon)
  
  
• In Washington D.C., no building can be taller than the capitol.
  
  
• It takes about 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey.
  
  
• Kotex was first manufactured as bandages during World War I.
  
  
• Levi's were invented for the California gold miners in 1873.
  
  
• M&M's were introduced in 1940 for U.S. soldiers, so their hands would not get sticky.
  
  
• Nearly 50% of the earth's surface is covered by the Pacific Ocean.
  
  
• Pepperoni is America's favorite pizza topping.
  
  
• Pirates thought that wearing an earring in a pierced ear improved their eyesight.
  
  
• Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.