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According to regulations, a racehorse's name can be no longer than 18 letters.
Twin jars made by the early Peruvians were so fashioned that when a liquid was poured from one to the other, the jars whistled merrily.
Beggars invented cigarettes in 16th-century Spain...by wrapping paper around the butts of cigars thrown in the street by the affluent.
The western kingbird, which dines on bees, attracts them by flashing on its head a brilliant red spot, which bees mistake for a flower.
The sulphur sponge is the only animal that can dissolve sea shells into the original calcium from which they were formed.
The bark of the prickly ash was chewed by American Indians as a remedy for toothache.
Salim (1569-1627), heir to the throne of India, had 4 wives when he was only 8 years of age.
The average IQ is 100, while 140 is the beginning of genius IQ.
The customs house in Mexico City, now the federal treasury, was started in 1730. Work was halted immediately when the builders estimated it would require ten years to complete the project. A beautiful Mexican girl, Sara de Acuna, promised to marry Juan Guitierrez if he would finish the building in six months. He accomplished the task just three days short of the deadline.
"Blonde" is the word for a FEMALE with yellow hair, and "blond" is the word for males with the same color hair. Surprise!
Mayflies live only one day as an adult. During that day they molt twice, mate, and lay eggs in water.
11% believe they will have bad luck if they break a mirror.
The mummified hand of a notary public, chopped off for falsely certifying a document, has been on display in the city hall of Munster, Germany, as a warning to other notaries for 400 years.
36% of us break our New Year's resolutions by the end of January.
Don't forget dairy. Dieters who get 3 or 4 servings a day lose up to 70% more weight.
Ironically, a Baptist minister developed Bourbon, and the area where the alcoholic beverage was first made, Bourbon County in Kentucky, is dry.
An adult crow needs 11 ounces of food each day.
The islands of Bermuda have no rivers or lakes. The inhabitants must use rain for water.
The aardvark has such a well-developed sense of hearing, it can detect and locate distant ants on a nighttime march.
Until recently, salt bars were the standard currency of Ethiopia and cakes of salt, stamped to show their value, could be used as money in countries as far apart as Tibet and Borneo.
Korea's "poshintang" "dog meat soup" is a popular item on summertime menus, despite outcry from other nations. The soup is believed to cure summer heat ailments, improve male virility, and improve women's complexions.
A "xanthochroid" is a blond-haired and blue-eyed person with fair skin.
The ear-splitting sound produced by the high notes of a bagpipe is called a "skirl."
Henry Ford called his first car a quadricycle.
In 1896 the x-ray machine was exhibited (in New York City) for the first time. To see the machine, one had to pay a 25¢ admission charge.
"Shoplifting" is called "shopstealing" in Australia.
The iris of the human eye provides better identification than a fingerprint. A scan of the iris has 256 different unique characteristics. A fingerprint has only 40.
KLEENEX® Cleansing Tissues were invented in 1924 as a sanitary way to remove cold cream.
The first practical can opener was developed many years after the birth of the metal can. Canned food was invented for the British Navy in 1813. Early cans were made of iron and weighed more than the food they held. Ezra Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut patented the first can opener in 1858. This first type of can opener never left the grocery store. A clerk had to open each can before it was taken away.
William Lyman of the United States invented the modern can opener, with a cutting wheel that rolls around the rim, in 1870.
"Cinderella" and "A Trip to the Moon" are movies - dating from 1900 and 1902, respectively - made by Georges Melies. These films contain the first known use of slow-motion, dissolve, fade in and fade out.
Fire insurance was first sold in England in 1666...immediately after the Great Fire of London.
Older folks make great volunteers, and nearly 600,000 of them serve in the Senior Corps.
The prior ownership, or provenance, of an artwork is important to collectors. Now in the "provenance" listing you may spot some familiar initials: IRS. The Internal Revenue Service sometimes confiscates artworks to cover unpaid taxes.
It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.
Who's the only entertainer who was ever nominated for a Nobel Prize? Jerry Lewis
On any given day, 51 million Americans are on a diet. On that same day, 54 million of us eat a meal away from home.
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge (30th) was born on July 4, 1872. Presidents John Adams (2nd) and Thomas Jefferson (3rd) both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. President James Monroe (8th) died on July 4, 1831.
The Stock Market Crash Happened In 1929 AND ???? The Vatican became its own nation. Quick-frozen food was marketed by a man named Birdseye. An organ company was created by a man named Hammond. The Marx Brothers went from Broadway to Hollywood.