G.I. Joe was introduced at the annual American International Toy Fair in New York on Feb. 9, 1964.

Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.

Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the three angels mentioned by name in the Bible.

Gaetano Albert "Guy" Lombardo did the first New Year's Eve broadcast of "Auld Lang Syne," from the Roosevelt Grill in New York City in 1929/1930.

Galileo became totally blind shortly before his death.

Gargling in public is against the law in Louisiana.

Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed.

General Robert E. Lee was not a slaveholder and never believed in slavery. He never believed in secession from the United States and strongly condemned it. He decided to lead the armies of the South because he wanted nothing to happen to his beloved Virginia.

General Stonewall Jackson has two separate burial sites one for his amputated left arm (Fredericksburg, VA) and one for the rest of his body (Lexington, VA). Jackson’s left arm was shattered during the Battle of Chancellorsville by friendly fire and was amputated the next day. He died a week later. (8-1-02)

George Crum invented potato chips in 1853 at the Moon Lake Lodge in Saratoga Springs, New York. Crum was part Indian, part black, a former guide in the Adirondacks.

George Hancock invented a new game on November 30, 1887. It was played like baseball, except a broomstick was used for a bat and a boxing glove was the ball. Since the game was played indoors, it was originally called "indoor." Walter Hakanson later renamed it "softball."

George Harrison, with "My Sweet Lord," was the first Beatle to have a Number 1 hit single following the group's breakup.

George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and 1984, wrote under a pen name. His real name was Eric Blair.

George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration.

George Washington named Washington D.C. "Federal City." It was changed to "Washington D.C." after his death.

George Washington who commanded the Continental Army as a four-star general was promoted posthumously to the position of six-star "General of the Armies of Congress" by an order of Jimmy Carter, who felt America's first President should also be America's highest military official.

George Washington's favorite horse was named Lexington. Napoleon's favorite was Marengo. U.S. Grant had three favorite horses: Egypt, Cincinnati, and Jeff Davis.

George Washington's teeth were actually: carved from animal tusks, some of them were also somebody else's teeth, and some of them were from animals like deer and cales.

Gerald Ford was the only President to have two women attempt to assassinate him. Both attempts were in California in September of 1975. The first attempt was September 6, 1975, by Lynette Fromme who thought she could impress Charles Manson by killing the President. The next attempt was by Sara Jane Moore on September 22, 1975. Her motive was simply that she was bored. John Tyler, joined the Confederacy twenty years later and became the only President named a sworn enemy of the United States.

Gerald Ford, George Bush, Tommy Lasorda, Ted Koppel, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Bill Clinton are all left handed.

German chemist Hennig Brand discovered phosphorus while he was examining urine for a way to turn baser metals into gold.

German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, Sam German developed a sweet baking bar for Baker's Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him -Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate.

German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

Ghandi had the most extras of any movie ever made with about 300,000 people. The German movie Kolberg is second with 187,000.

Ghengis Kahn's first conquered land was an act of retaliation. Kahn sent a group of traders on a peaceful mission to Transoxiana. The governor there beheaded their leader and sent the others back to Kahn with their beards cut off. So Kahn attacked them and continued to onward until most of Asia and Europe were his.

Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespearian plays; Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet and Macbeth.

Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.

Ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as Dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.

Giraffes and humans have the same amount of vertebrae in their necks.

Giraffes can last longer without water than a camel

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae in their necks as humans. Their lips are prehensile, their tongues are 21 inches long, and they cannot cough.

Giraffe's tongues are 22 inches long and black with pink dots.

Girls tend to sleep more soundly than boys.

Glenn Miller was the first performer to earn a gold record. He got it for the Chattanooga Choo Choo on February 10, 1942.

Goats do not eat tin cans, as lampooned in cartoons. They nibble at the cans because they're after the glue on the labels.

Goats' eyes have rectangular pupils.

God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

Goethe couldn't stand the sound of barking dogs and could only write if he had an apple rotting in the drawer of his desk.

Goldfish have a memory span of 3 seconds!

Goldfish have the memory span of about 3-5 seconds, thats why you can leave them in a small jar and they wont get bored and you can also over feed them till they kaput.

Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.

Golfers use an estimated $800 million worth of golf balls annually.

Gottfried Daimler of Stuttgart, Germany, is generally regarded as the father of the automobile because he was the first to come up with a workable gasoline engine.

Goulash, a beef soup, originated in Hungary in the 9th century AD.

Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first city in the US to put fluoride in their water.

Grapes explode when cooked in the microwave.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

Grasping your ears is a sign of repentance or sincerity in India.

Grasshoppers have white blood.

Great Britain was the first country to issue stamps in 1840.

Greece and Australia are the only countries to participate in all of the modern Olympics.

Greece's anthem has 158 verses.

Greek has over 4 words for love. English has only one. Get my drift?

Greenland has more ice on it than Iceland does. In fact, Iceland has more grass and trees than Greenland does.

Greyhounds are not hyper and do not need constant exercise; they are quite happy occupying space on a couch.

Greyhounds can reach their top speed of forty-five miles per hour in only three strides.

Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.

Grey's Anatomy (the medical book most every doctor, nurse, biologist, etc. is trained on in most every university) was compiled using detailed pictures of dead Jews that Hitler and the 3rd Reich experimented on, most of which where dissected while still alive. Although the medical community knows this fact, they continue using the book due to its detail and real-life pictures.

Grover Cleveland's real first name is Stephen, Grover is his middle name.

Guinness Stout served in England is brewed in Ireland, and Guinness Stout served in Ireland is brewed in England.

Gunsmoke debuted on CBS-TV in 1955, and went on to become the longest-running (20 years) series on television.

Gustave Eiffel, the builder of the Eiffel Tower, also built a dam in Russia, a church in the Philippines, locks for the first attempt at the Panama Canal, and designed the right arm and full steel structure supporting the Statue of Liberty.

Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of the four Presidents on Mount Rushmore, died a few months before the project was completed. It took him 14 years.

Gweneth Paltrow's nickname for Steven Speilberg is "Uncle Morty."

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