The sea turtle
(leatherback) is the biggest reptile alive.
The Marianas
Trench, discovered in
1951, is the deepest spot in the ocean. Mount Everest could
fit in
it and still be over a mile underwater.
The turkey buzzard
has the longest life span in the world at up to 30 years in captivity.
Without carotene the
carrot wouldn't be orange.
Bilbo
and Frodo Baggins were both born September 22.
'Samuel Adams'
Triple Bock beer has reached 17% alcohol by volume--the world's
strongest.
Marcel
Bich, a
Frenchman, invented the Bic pen. They dropped the "h" so it wouldn't be
pronounced "bitch" in America.
If gum is chewed
while peeling onions, the peeler won't cry.
In Paraguay, it is
legal to duel so long as both parties are listed as blood donors.
Dolphins never truly
sleep. If they did,
they would suffocate because they can't breathe when they're
unconscious. Therefore, they sleep with one eye open, letting half of
their brain sleep at a time.
If a person polishes
with "Pledge"
furniture polish in the States, they are polishing with "piss" in the
Netherlands; that's what the term means there.
Jimmy Hoffa's middle
initial was "R". It stood for "Riddle".
The south pole is
colder than the north pole.
J.C.
Penney's full name is James Cash Penney's.
Pine
cones can be used to forecast rain. The scales will shut up
when it is on the way.
In one day's time,
bamboo often grows three feet long.
During the average
year, 100 people die from choking on ball point pens.
Ketchup originally
began as a common name
for sauce. It was usually made with mushrooms or the brine from fish,
combined with spices and herbs. Mushroom "ketchup" is still
sold
in the UK and other countries. Other early ingredients in the ketchup
sauce included lobster, oyster and anchovy, walnut, grape,
lemon,
cucumber, cranberry and kidney bean.
The
name Häagen-Dazs isn't European,
rather a made-up name designed to look European to Americans. It's a
"foreign branding" marketing ploy.
The shortest full
sentence in the English language is "Go"
The term "melon
head" comes from the dolphin, the forehead of which is actually called
a "melon" due to its unique shape.
Not only are
butterflies pretty, they taste with their feet.
A guy by the name of
Ernest Vincent
Wright once wrote a 50,000-word book without using the letter
"e".
Every sixty seconds
in the United States 6 people turn 17.
By the numbers, 437
questions are asked by a 4-year-old per day.
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