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Cats do not have a collarbone. This allows them to fit through any opening that is large enough for the head.
Since 1992, tickets issued in CA for speeds greater than 100 m.p.h. shot up 191%, to 15,372. Rhode Island has seen an 85% jump in 100-m.p.h. citations since 2000. Pennsylvania's are up 57% since 1998.
One inch of water over one acre of land weighs 100 tons!
The Elysee Palace, Paris, France, official residence of the president, was purchased in 1805 by Napoleon I as a gift for his brother-in-law, Joachim Murat, for $180,000. The emperor never learned that Murat secretly received a kickback of $40,000 from its original owner.
Americans forfeit nearly two vacation days each year on the average. "Too busy to take time off" is the most common reason given.
The name "October" comes from the Latin words for eighth (octo) and month (membrum), thus the "eighth month." Although October is the tenth month in our calendar, it was the eighth month of the Roman calendar.
In earlier times, 1666 was expected to be the end of the world. In Roman numerals the year represented all the digits in descending order -MDCLXVI.
The National Institutes of Health just launched NIHSeniorHealth.gov, a website on aging. The talking, large-print site has articles, videos, and quizzes on Alzheimer's, arthritis, exercise, and more.
Q: What do these words have in common: decay enemy essay expediency ivy? A: When each syllable is pronounced, it sounds like a letter of the alphabet.
In 1970, a Burmese/Siamese cat from the UK set a record for the most kittens delivered at once. Nineteen!!
A pony is a horse that measures 14.2 hands or less in height. A hand is four inches (10.2 cm).
Four years after King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne, he became governor of The Bahamas. He retired after serving from 1940 to 1945.
Close to 80% of U.S. households redeem coupons. Using six 79-cent coupons, on the average, a week works out to $246.00 in annual savings.
Nicholas Zographos (1886-1953), a professional gambler, left an estate of $14,000,000, every dollar of it won playing baccarat.
Crayola has renamed only three crayon colors in its corporate history. In 1958, Prussian Blue was renamed Midnight Blue because, according to teachers, children could no longer relate to Prussian history. In 1962, Flesh was renamed Peach to recognize that not everyone's skin is the same shade. In 1999, Indian Red was renamed Chestnut after a public contest, which drew more than 100,000 entries; rejected contest entry names included ginger spice, crab claw red, old penny, and baseball mitt.
The first letters of the months July through November, in order, spell the name JASON.
To get your daily calcium, you need 4 glasses of milk. An 8-oz. glass delivers about 300 mg. of calcium. Most adults should aim for 1200 mg. a day.
A serving of roasted, cured ham has 1275 mg. of sodium. Fast-food fries have only 335 mg.
The largest coin ever minted, a silver coin minted by the Duke of Braunschweig-Celle, Germany, in 1639, was valued at $16 and weighed 1 1/8 pounds.
The eagle in the Coat of Arms of Indonesia has 17 feathers in each wing and 8 in its tail, symbolizing the 17th day of the 8th month, the date on which the country won independence.
King James I (1566-1625) of England, in the 22 years he occupied the throne, never washed his right hand. He merely daubed his fingertips with a damp cloth in the mornings, fearing that washing would make the skin feel coarse when he shook hands.
At the higher levels of sound, human beings can hear sounds up to 20,000 cycles per second, dogs can manage up to 40,000 cycles per second, and cats can hear up to 100,000 cycles per second.
Two million American fathers stay at home with the kids while Mom works. That's about 8% of all dads.
When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
Teens Tell Us... ** 53% say their role model is a teacher or family member, not a pop icon or sports star. ** 64% are worried only a little or not at all about someone bringing a gun to school. ** 36% say pressure to drink or do drugs is a problem. ** 90% say they have a family member in whom they can confide.
College kids in need of pizza money can now earn it by slapping temporary-tattoo ads on their foreheads. Headwise, a Providence, R.I., firm, sells the skin mostly to websites geared to those 18-24. Live billboards like Johnson & Wales University sophomore Amy Johnson can earn up to $200.00 a week. It's easy money, she says, "You don't do much, except suffer a little bit of your pride."
The Swiss Family Robinson tree house in Disneyland has 300,000 fake leaves on it which are changed twice a year to reflect the seasons.
Geographical lichens, which encrust rocks in Germany's Black Forest, were given that name because they look like carefully drawn maps.
Tickets for Frank Sinatra's first solo performance at the Paramount Theatre in New York City in 1942, sold for 35 cents each.
Jim Morrison found the name "The Doors" for his rock band in the title of Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception, which extols the use of hallucinogenic drugs.
The TV is on 7 hours and 40 minutes in an average U.S. home. Yet fewer than half of us say that we spend too much time watching.
Skunk cabbage each spring pushes up through the frozen ground like a rolled-up cigar. The temperature inside the plant is 25 degrees warmer than the outside air.
On average, seven to ten tons of garbage is collected after each sporting event at the UNITED CENTER in CHICAGO.
The Marines are nicknamed "Leathernecks" because until 1872 the uniform included a high leather collar.
In 1805, Marines led the storming of a fortress in Tripoli, one of the Barbary States of North Africa, helping to end piracy in the Mediterranean.
"Semper fidelis" is the Marine Corps' longtime motto. It's Latin for "always faithful."
The tomb of Roman general Lucullus, constructed in 56 B.C., which measures 88 feet in diameter and stands 28 feet high, is now a modern tavern (Grotta Ferrata, Italy).
The tomb of Queen Nefertari, consort of King Ramses II of Egypt, displays a design commemorating the fact that she was a chess champion of Egypt 3,250 years ago.
The Chateau of Old Chambord, France, a birthday present to Jean Champropin from a friend is still owned by his descendants more than 700 years later.