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FACTS OF THE MONTH:
Thomas Paine created the name "United States of America".
Every Queen Jane has either been dethroned, imprisoned, murdered, went insane or died at an early age.
In Medieval China breastfeeding was common until the child reached the age of seven.
Adding up the numbers of letters in the names of the playing cards (ace, two, three, ...) gives a total of 52, the same as the number of cards in the deck.
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
If the world's population continues to increase at the current rate, by the 67th century the total mass of humans would exceed the total mass of the known universe.
The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
By age 50, the average person has walked 74,000 miles.
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LOONEY LAWS WEEK:
An old Chicago law made it illegal to hug a person if that person didn't want to be hugged. In colonial Boston it was illegal for a man to kiss his wife in public on the Sabbath. Another old Boston law prohibited mourners at a wake from eating more than three sandwiches at a time. In Yukon, OK, it used to be illegal for a patient to pull a dentist's tooth. An old Smithtown, NY law stated that dogs were not allowed to bark for more than 15 minutes at a time. In Bellingham, WA, it used to be illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing. Daily lobbyists once pressured the Quebec government to pass laws making margarine a different color than butter, the dairy people thinking "If it don't look like butter, they won't buy it." |
Combining all the cultures around the world, the most common luckiest number is 9.
Chickens will lay bigger and stronger eggs if the lighting is changed in such a way so that they think a day is 28 hours long.
An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire fifty miles long.
The fourth largest navy in the world belongs to Disneyland.
The longest recorded operation began on 4 February 1951, when doctors began removing an ovarian cyst from a woman. When they were finished 96 hours later, the woman weighed 308 pounds less.
A couple in medieval England could be married without parental consent at the age of seven.
You can tell the gender of a turtle by its sound: male turtles grunt, while females hiss.
Pound for pound, grasshoppers are three times as nutritious as steak.
The term 'the whole 9 yards' came from World War II bomber pilots. Their machine guns took .50 caliber bullets and the fresh ammo belts measured 27 feet in length. When a pilot shot the entire ammo at one target he called it 'going the whole 9 yards.'
Verdi's opera "Aida" was written to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal.
For security reasons, maintenance workers and janitorial staff at the first atomic bomb construction site in New Mexico had to be illiterate.
If a bill reaches the President and he fails to sign it within ten days while Congress is still in session, the bill still becomes law.
Female sea lions are pregnant 364 days a year.
Chuck Connors, star of "The Rifleman", played for the Boston Celtics in the NBA's first year. He only averaged 4.6 points per game, making just 24% of his shots from the floor.
An acre of land can contain over three million worms.
No Super Bowl has ever gone into overtime.
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