Funny Facts - Entertainment

[Rebekah B]

Funny Facts - Entertainment


In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on television, only do so to view the commercials.

For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.

Each card in a deck represents a king from history: Spades- King David, Hearts- Charlemagne, Clubs-Alexander the Great, Diamonds- Julius Caesar

The word "politics" describes the process so well: "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures."

GOLF stands for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden."

If you add up the letters in all the names of the cards in the deck (Ace, two), the total # of letters is 52, the same as the # of cards in the deck.

The tune of The Star Spangled Banner was an old English drinking song . It was not made the official national anthem until 1931.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".

There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.

Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were: Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.

Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

Soccer is the most attended or watched sport in the world.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.

Donald Duck comics were once banned from Finland because Donald doesn't wear pants.

A company, Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'.

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