1.Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
2.Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
3.A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
4.Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!
5.The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off! 6.There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
7.There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
8.There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
9.The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
10.Slugs have 4 noses!
11.More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones!
12.The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
13.In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
14.Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy!
15.Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
16.America once issued a 5-cent bill!
17.Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
18.A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
19.Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
20.It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!
Lady~Misery · Fri Jul 01, 2005 @ 07:51am · 8 Comments |