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"Hang On Sloopy" is the official rock song of Ohio. John Hancock was the only one of fifty signers of the Declaration of Independence who actually signed it on July John Travolta's saturday night fever white suit auctioned off for $145,500. Judy Garlands red slippers for $164,000. Charlie Chaplins hat & cane for $211,500. Elvis' jacket for $59,700. John Lennon glasses for $25,875 Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa and grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska. Kerimski Church in Finland is the world's biggest church made of wood. Koala is Aboriginal for drink. Koalas never drink water. They get fluids from the eucalyptus leaves they eat. Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WW2 Kresimir Cosic is only non-American player in NBA Hall of Fame. Kudzu is not indigenous to the South, but in that climate it can grow up to six inches a day. L'eggs is the best-selling panty hose in America. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. Lang Martin balanced seven golf balls vertically without adhesive at Charlotte, NC on 10 February 1980. Largest man-made lake in the world: Lake Mead. Laughter is a proven way to lose weight. Laws forbidding the sale of sodas on Sunday prompted William Garwood to invent the ice cream sundae in Evanston, IL, in 1875. Lawsuits filed by California inmates cost the taxpayers more than $25 million in 199 Lazy Susan's are named after Thomas Edison's daughter. He invented it to impress a gathering of industrialists and inventors. Lee Harvey Oswald's body tag was auctioned off for $6,600. Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 199 Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot on North America in the year 1000. NOT Colombus. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries do. Lemons have more sugar than oranges. Length of a beard an average man would grow if he never shaved is 27.5 feet. Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of Helen on the Jeffersons. Leon Trotsky, the seminal Russian Communist, was assassinated in Mexico with an icepick. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. Leonardo da Vinci invented the concept of the parachute, but his design was fatally flawed in that it did not allow air to pass through the top of the chute. Therefore, the chute would not fall straight, but would tilt to the side, lose it's air, and plummet. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. Leonardo da Vinci spent twelve years painting the Mona Lisa's lips. Less than 3% of Nestle's sales are for chocolate. Less than 7% of the population donates blood. Less than two percent of the water on Earth is fresh. Li Hung-chang is the father of Chop Suey. Li is the family name for over 87 million People in China. Liberace Museum has a mirror-plated Rolls Royce; jewel-encrusted capes, and the largest rhinestone in the world, weighing 59 pounds and almost a foot in diameter. Libra, the Scales, is the only inanimate symbol in the zodiac. Life on Earth probably developed in an oxygen-free atmosphere. Even today there are microorganisms that can live only in the absence of oxygen. Lightning strikes the earth 100 times every second. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Linn's Stamp News is the world's largest weekly newspaper for stamp collectors. Long ago, the people of Nicaragua believed that if they threw beautiful young women into a volcano it would stop erupting. Lorne Green had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while host of Lorne Green's Wild Kingdom. Los Angeles and San Francisco become 2.5 inches closer together each year because they are on opposite sides of the San Andreas fault. Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 63% of its size: L.A. Lost time in traffic could cost American businesses up to 100 billion dollars per year. Louis IV of France had a stomach the size of two regular stomachs. Louis XIV bathed once a year. Louis XIV had forty personal wigmakers and almost 1000 wigs Louisa May Alcott, author of the classic Little Women, hated kids. She only wrote the book because her publisher asked her to. Luke Skywalker's last name was changed at the last minute from Starkiller in order to make it less violent. Lyndon B. Johnson was the first president of the United States to wear contact lenses. M&M's stands for the last names of Forrest Mars, Sr. then candymaker and his associate Bruce Murrie. M&M's were developed so soldiers could eat the candy without getting their fingers sticky. Mae West was once dubbed 'The statue of Libido'. MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela, or Death to the French is Italy's Cry Maggots were once used to treat a marrow infection called osteomyelitis. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing the in beer. Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do. Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time. Many Japanese golfers carry hole-in-one insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share one's good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an ace. The price for what the Japanese term an albatross can often reach $10,000. March 5 is Dr. Seuss' birthday. Marco Polo was born on the Croatian island of Korcula (pronounced Kor-Chu-La). Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died on 4th July 1934 of radiation poisoning. Marijuana is Spanish for 'Mary Jane.' Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali. Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein at the age of 18. Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, incorporated his initials into the drawing of Homer. M is his hair and G is his ear. Check it out! Medieval Jewish mystics practiced rolling in the snow to purge themselves from evil urges. They were the first snow angels. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs' Bunny) was allergic to carrots. Melting an icecube in your mouth burns 3 calories. Men get hiccups more often than women. Men stand with their backs to the fire: An old explanation is that when the dog's nose was too small to stop a leak in the Aark, Noah sat on the hole to keep the water out. Ever since then men have felt the need to warm their backs and dog's have had cold noses. Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time. Mexican jumping beans jump because of a moth larva inside the bean. Michael Jackson is white. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. Michael Jordan shaves his head on Mondays and Fridays. Michael Tolotos, who died at the age of 70, never saw a woman. Michelangelo died at the age of 88. Miss Piggy's measurements are 27-20-36. Miss Scarlet is the only female single character in CLUE. Moby Dick was yellow. Moisture, not air causes super glue to dry. Money is made of woven linen, not paper. Mongolia is the largest landlocked country. Mongooses were brought to Hawai'i to kill rats. This plan failed because rats are nocturnal while the mongoose hunts during the day. Montgomery is the birthplace of music great Nat King Cole, pop singers Clarence Carter and Toni Tenille, Metropolitan Opera singer Nell Rankin, and blues legend Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton. Months that begin with Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th. Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds. Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon in 1969. More bullets were fired in Starship Troopers than in any other movie made. More money is spent on flying than on any other hobby. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. More people speak English in China than the United States. More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones. Beware, some of these facts are total lies, but I thought you might want to know. This way when it comes up in conversation...you don't have to say. "duh..I didn't know that...duh!" Take care, -zip-