Stupid Facts

• A light bulb at a fire station in Livermore, California, has been burning since 1901.

• The Hellbender salamander can achieve a length of 2 feet (.61 meters).

• The average American eats 23 quarts (21.8 liters) of ice cream a year.

• German chocolate cake isn't German.

• Rabbits are not rodents.

• Queen Victoria appeared on the very first postage stamp, known as the "Penny Black", issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom.

• Queen Isabella of Spain was the first woman to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp. (1893)

• Martha Washington was the first American woman to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp. (1902)

• Time Square was originally called Long Acre Square.

• Cows don't have upper front teeth.

• Twelve cows are known as a "flink."

• The biggest clams in the world weigh 500 pounds and make pearls as big as golf balls.