The shortest sentence in the English language is, I am. (Or is it? See Interesting Words # 26)

The word queueing has five consecutive vowels:- ueuei (They sound suspiciously like a football chant when pronounced singly - yew ee yew ee eye.) )

The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. (Or should this go under interesting animals?)

In a normal lifetime an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. (Statistics say that about 9 million children and adolescents in the U.S. are overweight or obese - I wonder why?)

Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. (Of course nowadays it just happens to a horse's ass.)

The first product to be given a bar code was Wrigley's gum. (Chew on that!)