Ever wonder why prostitutes are sometimes called hookers? Thomas Hooker, the founder of Connecticut used to buy women for his soldiers' enjoyment. They used to call them Hooker's women, but then shortened it to hookers. I got this great piece of information from my great friend Nicole.
The mad hatter got his name in more of a historical way than you might think. People used to use mercury to polish top hats a long time ago. Mercury, as they did not know back then, makes people go crazy after a while of subjection to its fumes
Welfare checks come out the first week of the month. Coincedently, I think not, the first week of the month is usually the busiest for stores who have layaway departments
The snapping turtle eats carion and is used by police to find dead bodies in lakes, ponds and swamps.
Professional wrestler Andre the Giant died while in France attending his father's funeral (this could also go under ironic facts)
1961 was the most recent year that could be written both upside-down and rightside-up and appear the same. The next year that this will be possible will be 6009!
The longest English word consisting entirely of consonants (and not including "y" as a vowel) is the word "crwth" which is from the fourteenth century and means crowd
