Six percent of all American men are killed by either
their wife or girlfriend - or wife who caught them with their
girlfriend.
If the planet Saturn could be thrown
into a lake, it
would float.
During the last 3,500 years the world has been at
peace only 8 percent of the time.
Uri
Geller, the professional psychic was born on December 20 1946. As to
the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come
from the distant planet of Hoova.
the Ameraucana and Araucana
chicken breeds can lay eggs colored in shades of green or blue,
depending on the breed and it's ancestry.
Americans eat something like 24 million hotdogs every
day.
During a 1976 doctors strike, the death rate in Los
Angeles dropped 18 percent.
Certain fireflies emit a light so penetrating that it
can pass through flesh and wood.
The tip of a rotary mower travels at over 200 km/hr.
Obsidian, used by American Indians for tools, weapons
and ornaments, is dark volcanic glass.
There are over 200 religious denominations in the
United States.
South Africa produces two-thirds of the world's gold.
Sarah
Michelle Gellar was sued by McDonalds at the age of four. She appeared
in a Burger King advert where she said, “Do I look 20 per cent smaller
to you? I must have at McDonalds because their hamburgers are 20 per
cent smaller than Burger King’s.” It was the first time a company used
another company’s name in an advert so McDonald’s sued Burger King, the
advertising agency, and Sarah herself.
On average, we breathe between 12 and 18 times a
minute.
The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times
as much as Pres. Bush in 1991.
At
the age of 12, Martin Luther King became so depressed he tried
committing suicide twice, by jumping out of his bedroom window.
An Elephant has the world's largest penis, weighing
about 27 kg.
Medical experts say you should sleep on your right
side to improve digestion.
Potholes in American roads cost Americans over $100
million in repairs every day.
Flamingos are not naturally pink.
The average person is about a quarter of an inch
taller at night.
India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
During
the Medieval Crusades, transporting bodies off the battlefield for
burial was a major problem, this was solved by carrying a huge cauldron
into the Holy wars, boiling down the bodies, and taking only the bones
with them.
IBM started as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording
Corporation.
