1. The movie "Cleopatra" cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account
2. A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body
3. Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University
4. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald
5. Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."
6. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
7. Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner
8. Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can
9. The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
10. An oyster can change its gender
11. From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals
2. A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body
3. Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University
4. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald
5. Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."
6. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
7. Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner
8. Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can
9. The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
10. An oyster can change its gender
11. From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals
12. The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is
13. Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went
14. A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque
15. The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high
16. In 1926, a waiter in Budapest committed suicide. He left his suicide note in the form of a crossword and the police had to get help from the public to solve it
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