From birth, noses and ears never stop growing, but
the eyes remain the same size.
The
U.S. represents 6% of the planet's population, yet devours 60% of its
resources.
During the Oklahoma tornado terror of May 3rd, 1999,
a wind speed
of 318 miles per hour was recorded, the fastest in history.
If a month starts with Sunday, the 13th of that month
will always be a Friday.
Dolphins do not chew, rather depend on their teeth to
trap food.
St. Patrick (Patricious) was born in Roman
England. He wasn't
Irish. In fact, he only came to Ireland as a slave after begin taken by
Irish pirates.
Gambling in Las Vegas has become so lavish that some
hotels have gaming tables afloat in their pools.
On any given person's birthday, nine million others
in the world are also blowing out their candles.
The tail of a comet always points away from the sun,
even when it
is moving away (the tail actually leads). The comet tail results from
solar winds and radiation pushing the comet's escaping gas and dust
away from it.
There is a church in Omaha, Nebraska where its
illegal to belch or sneeze during services.
The U.S. state farthest north, east, and west is
Alaska.
It is smooth while petting a shark from nose to tail,
but rough the
other way, and sharp enough in some species to slice the fingers and
hands.
The country of Luxembourg boasts the highest GDP
(value of all
final goods produced divided by the average population total) per
capita in
the world (U.S. $102,284 as of 2007). Norway was second at $79,154. The
United States was 9th at $45,594. (All figures according to World Economic Outlook
Database-October 2007, International Monetary Fund.
Aspirin was created by an English chemist named
Wright. Eleven days
later, he created heroin. Bayer actively sold both, even advertised
them both in the same ad, encouraging buyers to "order their supply
from their jobber).
A zebra is naturally white with black stripes.
Marie Curie won the Nobel prize for her discovery
of radium. It poisoned her and she died on July 4th, 1934.
Research has shown that soccer athletes who hit the
ball with their
head ten or more times in a game have an IQ nine points lower than
those who hit it with their head once or fewer. (103 and 112,
respectively)
The dachshund dog was initially bred
at the beginning
of the seventeenth century to hunt "dachs"---badgers in
German.
The
grown bottlenose dolphin has been known to grow
thirteen feet long, weighing in at about half a ton (a thousand pounds).
Tequila liquor is derived from the roots of the blue
agave
cactus.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, the
largest alcoholism rate in the United States is in Reno, Nevada. The
lowest is in Provo, Utah. Utah has the lowest rate by state, while
North Dakota has the highest. France leads the world in highest by
country, Luxemburg for beer alone.
Sixty-six out of 100 people in the world don't have
periodic contact with tv, radio, newspapers or phones.
At the Great Exhibition in 1851, the 'Crystal Palace'
contained 57.7 square miles of glass.
The match was invented after the hand-held
cigaratte lighter.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
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