Did you know?

Before Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, the average American slept 10 hours a day. Now the average American sleeps 6.9 hours a day.

Seth Green, inventor of Family Guy, and actor Mark Wahlberg were supposed to be on the flights of 9/11. Wahlberg missed his flight because he was nursing a hangover.

America Media tycoon Ted Turner owns 5 percent of New Mexico.

Artist Constantino Brumidi fell from the dome of the U.S capitol while painting a mural around the rim. He died four months later.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

At 12 years old, an African named Ernest Loftus made his first entry in his diary and continued everyday for 91 years.

At a fair in Maine, a boy spit a watermelon seed 38 ft.

At age 16, Confucius was a corn inspector.

Augustus Caesar had achluophobia--the fear of sitting in the dark.

Benjamin Franklin lived at 141-market street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Bill Gates' first business was Traff-O-Data, a company that created machines, which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road.

Bob Dole is 10 years older than the empire state building.

Buzz Aldrin was the first man to pee his pants on the moon.

About seven million cars are junked each year in the U.S.

According to the Texas department of transportation, one person is killed annually painting stripes on the state's highways and roads.

All snow crystals are hexagonal.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

An Enneahedron is solid with nine faces.

An inch of snow falling evenly on one acre of ground is equivalent to about 2715 gallons of water.

Any free moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere because of its surface tension.

Approximately 98% of software in china is pirated.

Benjamin Franklin was the first head of the United States post office.

By age 16, Andre the giant (who's real name is Andre Russimof) was 6'10' tall. He had a rare glandular disorder that made his body continue to grow. Even as he died, his body was still growing.

Catherine De Medici was the first woman in Europe to use tobacco. She took it in a mixture of snuff.

Cathy Rigby is the only woman to pose nude for sports illustrated.

Charles Dickens was an insomniac, who believed his best chance of sleeping was in the center of a bed facing directly north.

Clark Gable used to shower more than 4 times a day.