The Promotional Idea Showcase - Spring 2001 - Updated Quarterly

UNQUESTIONABLY STRANGE FACTS!

The following nuggets, drawn from various sources, are unquestionably strange, weird, bizarre, trivial, outlandish and occasionally even a little upsetting. They’re also all true. We offer them as a possibility for a fun (or serious) offbeat inspiration or an ingredient in one or more of your upcoming promotions. Your counselor can help you select appropriate or related products.

  • Napoleon put all his battle plans together in a sandbox.
  • Four out of five people admit to singing in the car on a regular basis.
  • The cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel it burns.
  • In Connecticut, you can be stopped by the police for riding a bike over 65 mph.
  • On an average day, the average American eats four pounds of food. Of this, six ounces is red meat, three ounces poultry, three ounces corn sweetener, three ounces sugar and one ounce fish. 
  • Mexico’s East coast is sinking at the rate of one to two inches annually.
  • Cockroaches have tiny vibrating hairs on their tails.
  • 95 million homes in the U.S. have at least one refrigerator, which is visited by household members an average of 11 times a day.
  • Objects can be thrown as forcefully as 200 mph by power mowers.
  • Smoking doubles your risk of fracturing a bone.
  • The Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire” contains over half the world’s volcanoes.
  • The two things most adults remember about their childhood Thanksgivings are playing with their cousins and feeling stuffed, in that order. 
  • On an average day, The U.S. Border Patrol spends $412,104 (or roughly $89 per illegal alien apprehended). 
  • Teenagers wearing Backstreet Boys-branded apparel are four times more likely to own a beeper than those wearing Dr. Dre-branded clothes. (And this means...?)
  • 40% of American women have, at one time or another, thrown a shoe at a man.
  • One out of four Americans has no idea what their astrological sign is. (This is a bad thing?)
  • Rubber bands last longer if refrigerated.
  • Cream weighs less than milk.
  • On The Flintstones, Wilma’s maiden name was Slaghoopal. Betty’s was McBricker.
  • Charles DeGaulle’s final words were, “It hurts.”
  • Brown tarantulas smell with their feet to determine if prey’s nearby.
  • A sneeze leaves the mouth at approximately 100 mph.
  • The world’s largest wine cask is in Heidelberg, Germany.
  • The “Star Spangled Banner” didn’t officially become the national anthem until 1931, 117 years after it was written.
  • Puerto Rico used to be named San Juan, and vice-versa.
  • “Lollipop” is the longest word that can be typed with only the right hand.
  • The football huddle was originated because of a deaf player who didn’t want the opposing team to see the signals he indicated with his hands.
  • England is the only country in the world that doesn’t put its name on its postage stamps.

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