The Bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is
admissible in an American court.
There are six million trees in The
Forest of Martyrs
near Jerusalem, symbolising the Jewish death toll in World War Two.
The
northernmost McDonald's restaurant is located on the Arctic Circle in
Rovaniemi, Finland, while the southernmost franchise is located in
Invercargill, New Zealand. Also, the world's easternmost McDonald's is
located in New Zealand, in the city of Gisborne; the westernmost
restaurant is in Western Samoa, as they are the closest to either side
of the International date line.
Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
One
of Britain's most famous composers, Sir Michael Tippett, composed
pieces notoriously difficult to play, At the premiere of his 'Symphony
No. 2', the orchestra got lost in the middle of the piece and the
conductor had to start again.
The 'Over the rainbow' scene from
'The Wizard of Oz' was originally cut from the film because it was
'slow' and added nothing to the plot. It was added again at the last
moment.
Polytetrafluoroethylene is more commonly known as
'Teflon'.
Jacques Cousteau invented the aqualung while in the
French resistance during World War II.
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb
trees.
Only
two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
Americans' favorite smell is the scent of banana.
It is illegal in the state of Kentucky to marry your
wife's grandmother.
300 people report to emergency rooms across the
country every day due to roller blading accidents.
The
longest official city name in the world is: Krungthep Mahanakhon Amorn
Rattanakosin Mahintara Yudthaya Mahadilok Pohp Noparat Rajathanee
Bureerom Udomrajniwes Mahasatarn Amorn Pimarn Avaltarnsatit Sakatattiya
Visanukram Prasit. It is the official name of Bangkok, Thailand.
1,200 college students streaked at the same time in
Boulder, CO in 1974.
A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer name is Yensid
which is Disney backwards.
Pisa,
Italy is six miles from the coast of the Mediterranean now, but that
sea rises and falls over the ages and Pisa was a port city in the 5th
century B.C. A couple of years ago excavators found 15 ships with
antique cargoes intact buried in the clay under Pisa where it was left
by withdrawing waters.
Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less
when the moon is directly overhead.
About 70% of all living organisms in the world are
bacteria.
A firm in Britain sold fall-out shelters for pets.
The
antibacterial components of antibacterial soaps (usually triclosan or,
less commonly, triclocarbon) needs to be left on a surface for about
two minutes in order to work. Most people are not this patient, and end
up washing off the soap before the antibacterial ingredients can do
their job.
The city of Istanbul straddles two separate
continents, Europe and Asia.
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