1. The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court
2. About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching
3. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten
4. A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow
5. In the game of Monopoly, the most landed on properties are B&O Railroad, Illinois Avenue, and "Go."
6. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the nameof the Don McLean song.)
7. Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
8. A baby kangaroo is called a joey
9. Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris
10. There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996
11. In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."
12. Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means "apple sauce" in Japanese
13. The average US worker toils for two hours and 47 minutes of each working day just to pay income tax.
14. Indeed, the average American pays more in taxes than for food, clothing and shelter put together
15. There is cyanide in apple pips
16. True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets
17. Great Britain has the highest consumption of ice cream than any other European nation
18. Every continent has a city called Rome
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