People in the United States eat eighteen acres of
pizza every twenty four hours.
Caligula, the Roman emperor, officially elected his
horse to a senatorial position.
If a person eats kiwis, they could be accused of
cannibalism in New Zealand; the citizens of the country are known as
Kiwis.
The only country flag that isn't square or
rectangular shaped can be found in Nepal; it's triangular.
The typical person sits at a red light for fourteen
days of their life.
The vodka sales in Russia account for 10% percent of
its
government's revenue. Not surprisingly, it is in the top three for
alcohol consumption among countries worldwide.
During the first 7 months after a blue whale is born
it puts on 200 pounds per day.
In the mid 1970s, the third biggest beer consumer on
the planet was
the Australians, falling to Belgium and Germany. Nowadays they don't
even make the top ten.
The alcoholic beverage known as the 'Screwdriver'
(vodka and orange
juice, roughly) was created by oil workers who used the device to mix
it.
Queen Elizabeth I disliked men's beards so much that
she taxed them.
The world's fastest eater and the number one ranked
in the world,
(International Federation of Competitive Eating) is Takeru
Kobayashi. His first record came on Independence Day of 2001 after he
devoured fifty hot
dogs in twelve minutes at the hot dog-eating contest on Coney
Island, annhiliating the former record of 25 and a half. The contest
organizers actually had to use hand written signs in the end to keep
track of how many he'd eaten after they ran out of regular
ones. In 2002 Kobayashi bested his own record by a half a dog.
Independence Day in 2004 he did it again with 53.5 in 12 minutes.
Kobayashi has been diagnosed with gastroptosis, an unusual
relocation of the stomach to a position below his ribs where
it
can hold more food.
In
the state of Oklahoma and Ohio, it is against the law to give
liquor to a fish. In
Texas, it is illegal to have sexual relations with a fish. Finally, in
North Carolina it is not legal to engage in sex with an intoxicated
fish.
The three richest name brands in the world
are Marlboro, Coca-Cola and Budweiser.
In old England, bargoers had a whistle
kilned into
the handle or
rim of their ceramic glasses. When they emptied their glass, they used
the whistle to summon the refiller. When someone today says: wet your
whistle, this is what they're actually referring to.
The almond is no more a nut than the peanut; the
former belongs to the peach family, while the latter is classfied as a
legume.
Italy's national flag was created by Napoleon
Bonaparte.
In 1902, Animal Crackers were invented. Today there
are thirty-seven individual animal species in every box.
Following a mammoth nickel discovery in Laverton,
Western Australia
(nickel was hard to come by during the Vietnam War),
the Poseidon
NL mining company shares shot from 80 cents per share to $280.
(1969-1970) The market immediately crashed thereafter. Poseidons's
share value as of March 2008 is 62 cents.
Someone who has an acute case
of hasopharyngitis may not
necessarily die from it: it is just a case of the common cold.
There are many venoumous fish in the waters of the
world, but the
stonefish is the most poisonous. It looks just like a rock or
piece of corral, which is why it has killed many Pacific and Indian
Ocean islanders who step on it inadvertently.
Walt Disney, who was terrifed of mice, was the
initial voice of Mickey Mouse.
A colony of moles is known as a labor, in spite of
the fact that they're practically blind.
The
Catholic Herald, published in Great Britain, warns not to drink holy
water from shrines because it is infested with germs.
A snail can sleep for three years without
sustenance.
The Milky Way starfield boasts five billion
stars bigger
than our yellow sun.
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