from: Nothing To Do With You-Know-What 2000 by G. Chris Koepfer
source: Modern Machine Shop, 1 August 2000
via: HighBeam™ Research

With all the hype and hoopla about the upcoming "event" [???] in Chicago, I thought it might be nice to provide a respite... There's a ton of good information in this robust edition. However when it gets to be too much, take a break and relax with the following disconnected bits of trivia:

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's worth of footballs.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable (kind of like this column).

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Long ago, when a group wanted to get rid of someone in the village, they would burn down his or her house. Hence the term "to get fired."

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

The Eisenhower interstate road system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in case of war or other emergencies.

The three most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola and Budweiser, in that order. [BG (before-Google)]

Stewardesses is the longest word that can be typed using only the left hand. [BIM (before IM)]

The airplane that Buddy Holly died in was the American Pie (thus the name of the Don McLean song).

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses all of the letters in the alphabet. It was developed by Western Union to test telex machines.