In the movie "the Right Stuff" there is a scene where a government recruiter for the Mercury astronaut program (played by Jeff Goldblum)is in a bar at Muroc Dry Lake, California. His partner suggests Chuck Yeager as a good astronaut candidate. Jeff proceeds to badmouth Yeager claiming they need someone who went to college. During the conversation the real Chuck Yeager is playing a bartender who is standing behind the recruiters eavesdropping. General Yeager is listed low in the movie credits as 'Fred.'

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twx communications)

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

When the Black Death swept across England one theory was that cats caused the plague. Thousands were slaughtered. Ironically, those that kept their cats were less affected, because they kept their houses clear of the real culprits, rats.

There are only four words in the English language which end in
"-dous" tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired"

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

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