FACTS OF THE MONTH:

Scandal's Patty Smyth was the first choice (before Sammy Hagar) to replace David Lee Roth in Van Halen. She declined because she was pregnant at the time.

Hummingbirds lay only two eggs during their entire lifetime.

Rats can't throw up.

The first prime-time television couple seen in the same bed were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monuments.

The youngest Pope was coronated at age eleven.

On the average, there are 61,000 people flying over the United States at any one time.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Half of all Americans live within fifty miles of their birthplace.

60 Minutes is the first successful prime-time series without a theme song.

The St. Louis Rams are the first team based in a domed stadium to win the Super Bowl.

Mel Blanc, for half a century the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

More long distance phone calls are placed on Mother's Day than any other day of the year. More collect calls are placed on Father's Day.

Men have better vision; women have better hearing.

More people are conceived in December than in any other month.

A 1200-pound horse eats seven times its weight in a year.

Hawaii is the only state that grows coffee.