• Americans consume 25-billion pickles a year. That's 99-and-a-half pickles per person or 1-quarter pickle per person per day. Oddly enough, the Canadian daily average is only 1-fifth pickle per person. Proving once again the U.S. is #1.

     • The pickle is truly unique in that it is both a fruit and a vegetable. Which probably explains why most supermarkets display them next to the light bulbs.

     • Queen Cleopatra believed that eating pickles made her beautiful. But Caesar also ate lots of pickles and he wasn't even cute.

     • During World War II the U.S. government actually drafted pickles into the armed forces. In spite of that fact, it is not considered patriotic to wear a pickle in your lapel.

     • The only pickle ever elected to Congress was J.J. Pickle of Austin, Texas. Congressman Pickle was elected after vowing to keep the country out of a pickle.

     • The world's largest collection of pickles under one roof belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Pickle of Smithville, Mississippi. They had 12 little Pickles.

     • The International Pickle Packers contend that kissing sour pickles is an excellent way to develop real pucker power.

     • There is absolutely no truth the old superstition that kissing a pickle can cause warts. Unless, of course, you're kissing a pickled frog.