~Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
~Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
~By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors.
~Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.
~During World War II Canadian scientists secretly developed biological weapons which were later taken over by the USA. Anthrax was one.
~During World War II the U.S. government used 260 million pounds of instant coffee.
~During World War II, bakers in the United States were ordered to stop selling sliced bread for the duration of the war on January 18, 1943. Only whole loaves were made available to the public. It was never explained how this action helped the war effort.
~During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
~Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
~Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
~Luther Crowell invented the paper bag in 1867.
~MacDonalds fries are made with beef flavoring. mmmmmmm.
~One 75-watt light bulb gives off more light than three 25-watt light bulbs.
~One beaver can cut down as many as 216 trees per year.
~One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.
~One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
~One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
~One plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana.
~Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.
~Snakes are immune to their own poison.
~Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
~Wedding cake was originally thrown at the bride and groom, instead of eaten by them.
~A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
~What common everyday occurrence is composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen and 9% dioxide?
A fart.
~A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds
~The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
~A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
~The lifespan of a taste buds ten days.
~It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs
~Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collixe; 2) Poodle; 3) Golden retriever. Dumbest: Afghan hound.
~Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
~The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey..."), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of poseys..."), People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!")
~Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
~111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
~Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
~The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
~For drinking, washing, etc., an average American uses 168 gallons of water per day. The average American residence uses 107,000 gallons per year.
~For the 66% of American's who admit to reading in the bathroom, the preferred reading material is "Reader's Digest."
~Men commit suicide three times more frequently than women do. But women attempt suicide two to three times more often than men.
~Over 80% of professional boxers have suffered brain damage.
~Where did the whole business of the stork delivering babies come from? To avoid the details of conception and childbirth, Scandinavian mothers used to tell their children that the stork delivered babies. The stork was a natural choice for the Scandinavians. Many houses had storks' nests on them, which gave the story credibility in children's eyes. Further adding to the appeal of the stork, is the bird's fidelity. Not only do storks return year after year to the same nests, but they are monogamous too. Storks also take care of their elderly or sick parents, an added benefit for parents trying to develop similar traits in their children. In the 19th century, Hans Christian Andersen popularized the Scandinavian legend by including it in his fairy tales, and in the 20th century, cartoons helped introduce it to children.
~Why is a wedding ring worn on the ring finger? The Western practice of wearing a wedding ring on the third finger (not including the thumb) began in Greece in the third century B.C. The Greeks believed that there was a vein, named the "vein of love," that ran from what we now call the ring finger directly to the heart. As a result, they placed the ring that symbolized love on that finger. Later, the Romans, adopting Greek science, copied the custom and took it one step further. Roman physicians used their ring fingers to stir medicine, believing that since the ring finger was connected to the heart, it could detect toxicity.
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