The first police force was established in Paris in 1667.
John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
A group of officers is called a mess.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
Walt Disney originally envisioned Epcot as a “”city of the future”” where the employees of Walt Disney World would live, instead of a theme park they would visit. The plans were abandoned after his death in 1966.
The Chinese ideogram for trouble depicts two women living under one roof.
Film critic Pauline Kael was fired from McCall’s for panning “”The Sound of Music,”” calling the legendary musical “”the sugar-coated lie that people seem to want to eat.””
The expletive “”Holy Toledo”” is a reference to Toledo, Spain, which was a Christian cultural center in the Middle Ages.
Tarantulas cannot spin webs.
Hydrogen is the most common atom in the universe.
A golden razor removed from King Tut’s tomb was still sharp enough to be used.
The most popular ice-cream flavor is vanilla.
In 1916, an elephant was tried and hanged for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.
Americans eat approximately 20 billion pickles a year.
Mickey Mouse is known as “”Topolino”” in Italy.
The most used letter in the English alphabet is E. Q is the least used.
