Milk is the official beverage of 18 states.
Trivia
Quite a Pension
Top 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents:
- Ronald Reagan: 93 years, 120 days
- Gerald Ford: (still living, age 93)
- John Adams: 90 years, 247 days
- Herbert Hoover: 90 years, 71 days
- Harry Truman: 88 years, 232 days
- James Madison: 85 years, 104 days
- Thomas Jefferson: 83 years, 82 days
- George H.W. Bush: (still living, age 82)
- Jimmy Carter: (still living, age 81)
- Richard Nixon: 81 years, 103 days
If Ford is still alive on Nov. 12 this year, he’ll take the record.
Just So You Know
Snuffleupagus’ grandmother lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
A Mathematical Coincidence
2646798 = 21 + 62 + 43 + 64 + 75 + 96 + 87
Robble Robble Robble
In Brazil, the Hamburglar is known as Papaburguer.
Play It Again
“America the Beautiful” and “Auld Lang Syne” share the same meter — the songs can be sung perfectly with the lyrics interchanged:
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
Bone Damage
John McCain can’t comb his own hair. He can’t lift his arms above shoulder level because of torture he suffered as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
Starting Small
The first KISS concert drew an audience of three (at the Popcorn Club in Queens, January 1973).
Music to the Eyes
Most expensive music videos, as of July 2006:
- Michael and Janet Jackson, “Scream,” $7 million
- Puff Daddy, “Victory,” $2.7 million
- Mariah Carey, “Heartbreaker,” $2.5 million
- Busta Rhymes, “What’s It Gonna Be?!” $2.4 million
- Backstreet Boys, “Larger Than Life,” $2.1 million
- Ayumi Hamasaki, “Fairyland,” $2 million
- Madonna, “Bedtime Story,” $2 million
- Madonna, “Express Yourself,” $2 million
- Will Smith, “Miami,” $2 million
- Missy Elliot, “She’s a Bitch,” $2 million
Afloat
Swans mate for life.