One of the reasons marijuana
is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw it as competition. It is not chemically
addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Cat's urine glows under a black light.
The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."
Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.
Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.
The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
- a New Zealand hill.
Los Angeles's full name is: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Poriuncula"
and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "LA."
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
When you tie a noose, the rope is wrapped twelve times around because it's the same length as a
persons head.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These
straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place
in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines,
and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.
Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds.
The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was
built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
No word in the English language rhymes with month.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan".
