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of Jokes , by Harn Darn Jun, a Chinese author, around A.D. 200.
Cool Billions
If you had $1 billion and spent $1,000 a day, it would take 2,740 years to spend it.
One billion people would fill roughly 305 Chicagos.
It took until 1800 for the world’s population to reach 1 billion, but only 130 years more for it to reach 2 billion—in 1930.
One billion people lined up side by side would stretch for 568,200 miles.
First magazine in history to sell a billion copies: TV Guide , in 1974.
More than 1 billion people on earth are between the ages of 15 and 24.
One Styrofoam cup contains 1 billion molecules of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)—harmful to the earth’s ozone layer.
A single ragweed plant can release a billion grains of pollen.
To cook 1 billion pounds of pasta, you’d need 2 billion gallons of water—enough to fill nearly 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
The ratio of billionaires to the rest of the U.S. population is 1 to 4.5 million.
Nearly 1 billion Barbie dolls (including friends and family) have been sold since 1959. Placed head to toe, the dolls would circle the earth more than three times.
The first billion-dollar corporation in the U.S. emerged in 1901—United States Steel.
One teaspoon of yogurt contains more than 1 billion live and active bacteria.
The first year in which the U.S. national debt exceeded $1 billion was 1863.
There are about 1 billion red blood cells in two to three drops of blood.
Elvis
Elvis was nearsighted; he owned $60,000 worth of prescription sunglasses when he died.
On an average day, four people call Graceland and ask to speak to Elvis.
According to Billboard magazine, the number one single of the 1950s was “Don’t Be Cruel,” by Elvis Presley.
Boris Yeltsin’s favorite Elvis song: “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
Elvis Presley got a C in his eighth-grade music class.
The lightest Elvis ever weighed as an adult was 170 pounds in 1960, following his discharge from the U.S. Army. The heaviest was at the time of his death: 260 pounds.
Elvis’s favorite amusement park ride was the bumper cars.
Elvis had a pet monkey named Scatter.
The U.S. Post Office sold a record 123 million Elvis Presley commemorative stamps when they were first issued in 1993.
The Elvis Presley hit “Hound Dog” was written in about 10 minutes.
One of Elvis’s favorite meals was a pound of bacon—and nothing else.
Elvis auditioned for a spot on the 1950s TV show Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts but didn’t make the cut. Neither did Buddy Holly when he tried it.
Elvis is the top-earning dead celebrity in the world. His estate took in $45 million in 2004.
Graceland is the second-most-visited house in America. The first is the White House.
Seven percent of Americans believe Elvis is still alive.
Whales & Co.
The blood vessels of a blue whale are so wide that an adult trout could swim through them.
A whale’s heart beats about once every six and a half seconds.
Bottle-nosed whales can dive 3,000 feet in two minutes.
Whales can get lice.
A blue whale’s heart is as big as a compact car.
Whales are the fastest-growing animals in the world.
A humpback whale can eat 5,000 fish in a single sitting.
The right whale’s eyeball is about as big as an orange.
The sperm whale’s brain weighs 20 pounds, the largest in the animal kingdom.
At its peak, a growing blue whale gains between 200 and 300 pounds a day.
Dolphins can hear underwater sounds from as far as 15 miles away.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Baby seals are called “weaners.”
Seals can dive as deep as 1,000 feet.
The northern fur seal averages 40 to 60 mates per season.
Male seals don’t eat during mating season.
If a walrus eats enough food, it can grow wider than its own length.
How can you tell when a porpoise is searching for a mate? It swims upside down.
Football
The football huddle was invented at a university for the deaf . . . to keep the opposing team from seeing their hand
Cool Billions
If you had $1 billion and spent $1,000 a day, it would take 2,740 years to spend it.
One billion people would fill roughly 305 Chicagos.
It took until 1800 for the world’s population to reach 1 billion, but only 130 years more for it to reach 2 billion—in 1930.
One billion people lined up side by side would stretch for 568,200 miles.
First magazine in history to sell a billion copies: TV Guide , in 1974.
More than 1 billion people on earth are between the ages of 15 and 24.
One Styrofoam cup contains 1 billion molecules of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)—harmful to the earth’s ozone layer.
A single ragweed plant can release a billion grains of pollen.
To cook 1 billion pounds of pasta, you’d need 2 billion gallons of water—enough to fill nearly 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
The ratio of billionaires to the rest of the U.S. population is 1 to 4.5 million.
Nearly 1 billion Barbie dolls (including friends and family) have been sold since 1959. Placed head to toe, the dolls would circle the earth more than three times.
The first billion-dollar corporation in the U.S. emerged in 1901—United States Steel.
One teaspoon of yogurt contains more than 1 billion live and active bacteria.
The first year in which the U.S. national debt exceeded $1 billion was 1863.
There are about 1 billion red blood cells in two to three drops of blood.
Elvis
Elvis was nearsighted; he owned $60,000 worth of prescription sunglasses when he died.
On an average day, four people call Graceland and ask to speak to Elvis.
According to Billboard magazine, the number one single of the 1950s was “Don’t Be Cruel,” by Elvis Presley.
Boris Yeltsin’s favorite Elvis song: “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
Elvis Presley got a C in his eighth-grade music class.
The lightest Elvis ever weighed as an adult was 170 pounds in 1960, following his discharge from the U.S. Army. The heaviest was at the time of his death: 260 pounds.
Elvis’s favorite amusement park ride was the bumper cars.
Elvis had a pet monkey named Scatter.
The U.S. Post Office sold a record 123 million Elvis Presley commemorative stamps when they were first issued in 1993.
The Elvis Presley hit “Hound Dog” was written in about 10 minutes.
One of Elvis’s favorite meals was a pound of bacon—and nothing else.
Elvis auditioned for a spot on the 1950s TV show Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts but didn’t make the cut. Neither did Buddy Holly when he tried it.
Elvis is the top-earning dead celebrity in the world. His estate took in $45 million in 2004.
Graceland is the second-most-visited house in America. The first is the White House.
Seven percent of Americans believe Elvis is still alive.
Whales & Co.
The blood vessels of a blue whale are so wide that an adult trout could swim through them.
A whale’s heart beats about once every six and a half seconds.
Bottle-nosed whales can dive 3,000 feet in two minutes.
Whales can get lice.
A blue whale’s heart is as big as a compact car.
Whales are the fastest-growing animals in the world.
A humpback whale can eat 5,000 fish in a single sitting.
The right whale’s eyeball is about as big as an orange.
The sperm whale’s brain weighs 20 pounds, the largest in the animal kingdom.
At its peak, a growing blue whale gains between 200 and 300 pounds a day.
Dolphins can hear underwater sounds from as far as 15 miles away.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Baby seals are called “weaners.”
Seals can dive as deep as 1,000 feet.
The northern fur seal averages 40 to 60 mates per season.
Male seals don’t eat during mating season.
If a walrus eats enough food, it can grow wider than its own length.
How can you tell when a porpoise is searching for a mate? It swims upside down.
Football
The football huddle was invented at a university for the deaf . . . to keep the opposing team from seeing their hand
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