A headless cockroach can survive 9
days before starving to death.
As a ration in their weekly diet, kids in English
hospitals during the 17th century were allowed 2 gallons of beer.
The first movie theater was in West Orange, New
Jersey.
J.B. Lully, the composer from France, died from
gangrene after piercing his foot with a sharp baton.
As per a 1845 British statute, trying to kill oneself
was a supreme offense, punishable by hanging.
A coat hanger is 3ft. 4 inches long
when unraveled.
100 years before either moon of Mars (Deimos and
Phobos) was discovered, Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels
accurately described them, citing their precise rotating
speeds and sizes.
The typical dragonfly lives only twenty four
hours, spending most of its life eating mosquitos.
The first auto raceway in the United States was the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was made from 3,000,000
cobblestones.
At the age of 33, Richard II (king of England from
1377-1399) died
from harsh imprisonment and was placed in a tomb with a hole in the
left side so that people could touch his head. In 1776, 376
years
after his death, his jawbone was stolen.
In addition to warning that the British were coming,
Paul Revere
also worked as a silversmith. He also advertised as a dentist for
several years, though he did not make George Washington's
teeth,
as the rumor goes.
Boston Common has been around longer
than any other
public park in the U.S.
The first Woodstock was on August 15, 1969 on a dairy
farm owned by Max Yasgur.
It's virtually impossible to see a dog sweat--not
because of their
fur, but because they do it through the bottoms of their feet.
The typical contract that music group Van
Halen required for concerts included a clause granting them a bowl of
M&Ms backstage. More importantly, no brown ones could be in the
bowl, said the contract. This was to secretly ensure to the
band
that every detail of the contract had been read and agreed upon. The
presence of brown M&Ms were grounds for forfeiture of a concert.
If a person wants a bottle of water in the U.S., they
can choose from nearly 800 different brands.
35 out of 100 people who take out dating personal
ads are either a husband or wife already.
Mattresses used to be roped down on the frames of
beds to keep them
from migrating. By pulling on the ropes, a person could make the bed
more firm because it tightened the mattress. "Goodnight, sleep tight",
therefore used to have direct meaning.
In the event that chicken hypnotizing becomes
popular, all a person
has to do is hold it and draw a line in the dirt repeatedly. This will
mesmerize it to the point of immobility.
A common bra choice for Max Klinger from television's
M.A.S.H show was a 36B Miss Highrise.
Nile crocodiles kill over 1,000
people annually along
the Nile river. They can also hold their breaths for 2 hours when
inactive, have bite strengths of 5,000 psi, and can grow up to 16 feet
long.
The
arctic Lion's Mane Jellyfish is widely regarded as the longest known
living animal. The largest one on known record washed up on the shore
of Massachusetts Bay in 1870. Its body was 7 feet 6 inches wide, with
tentacles spanning 120 feet.
In the bible, there is no mention of the Red Sea or a
housecat.
The bedbug
female doesn't have a traditional
sexual orifice.
Instead, the male simply drills one with his curved penis. Also, the
population of bedbugs doubles each year.
A hippopotamus can open its mouth large enough to
accommodate a four
foot tall child.
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