1. An acorn at the window will keep lightning out
2. The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
3. 0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
4. Many theologians estimate that Jesus wasn't born on December 25 but sometime in September between 6BC and 30AD.
5. People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
6. Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
7. Apple seeds are poisonous!
8. In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
9. The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
10. Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
11. Japan's Okinawa Island has more than 450 people living above the age of 100, and is known as the healthiest place on Earth.
12. Saint Augustine, Florida, is the oldest European settlement in North America.
13. If you opened up the case of the original Macintosh, you will find 47 signatures. One for each member of Apple's Macintosh divison as of 1982.
14. The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
15. It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
16. Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
17. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
