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Escalator is one of many words that were originally trademarks but have become ordinary words found in dictionaries. Some other words which were originally trademarks and have now passed into common use are aspirin, autoharp, band-aids, breathalyzer, cellophane, Coke (in some areas, at least), corn flakes, cube steak, ditto, dry ice, dumpster, formica, Frisbee, granola, gunk, jeep, kerosene, Kleenex, mace, nylon, ping-pong (also an onomatopoeia), popsicle, Q-tip, rollerblade, rolodex, Scotch tape, sheetrock, spandex, styrofoam, tabloid, thermos, trampoline, yo-yo, xerox, and zipper.
No piece of paper can be folded in half consecutively more than 7 times.
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Apples are more efficient than caffeine in waking you up in the morning.
The little plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
"Dreamt" and "undreamt" are the only English words that end in the letters "mt."
The almond is a member of the peach family.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
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