Fun Facts, little known things you did not know
In 1976 "Milo" an Eastern Box Turtle left behind in Cranston, Rhode Island during a family move, traveled over 1200 miles to Nappanee, Indiana arriving on the doorstep of the family who had left him behind, 6 years, 4 months earlier.
Jesus does not love you anymore. He thinks you should just be "friends".
The Statue of Liberty is taller on the New Jersey side.
Pigs kill more people than sharks every year. Of course, pigs don't spend much time in the ocean.
Until the early 1950's Ford dealers were not allowed to sell cars to Jews.
The secret recipes for Coca Cola, McDonalds Special Sauce, and Kentucky Fried Chicken are stored in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Oddly, since President Richard Milhous Nixon eliminated the gold standard, no gold is stored at Ft Knox.
History was made in 1998 when the Nunavat Forhew Brewery in far northern Canada began production of the world's first, and to date only, non-vegetable based beer. Seal Liver Stout has attracted a small but devoted following in craft beer circles.
In the early 1960s the New York City Transit Authority released thousands of white rats into the subway system in hopes of creating a population of rats which would be easier for track workers to see and avoid.
In an effort to reduce weight, the architects of the Empire State Building filled the space between the inner and outer concrete walls with marshmallows.
90% of native Americans lack the taste buds required to distinguish beef from pork.
During the 1958 Christmas season Macy's Department Store on 34th St, New York, was forced to remove thousands of sweaters from its shelves when it was discovered that the wool was radioactive, a result of fallout from nuclear tests in the Nevada desert
In the 1930's the Boy Scouts of America offered Merit Badges in Still Making and Bindlestiffery.
The added air pressure from the weight of a Boeing 747 passing directly overhead has been known to burst the eardrums of people on the ground below.
The iceberg which sank the Titanic is still floating in the North Atlantic despite losing 300 million pounds a year due to melting
Jesus does not love you anymore. He thinks you should just be "friends".
The Statue of Liberty is taller on the New Jersey side.
Pigs kill more people than sharks every year. Of course, pigs don't spend much time in the ocean.
Until the early 1950's Ford dealers were not allowed to sell cars to Jews.
The secret recipes for Coca Cola, McDonalds Special Sauce, and Kentucky Fried Chicken are stored in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Oddly, since President Richard Milhous Nixon eliminated the gold standard, no gold is stored at Ft Knox.
History was made in 1998 when the Nunavat Forhew Brewery in far northern Canada began production of the world's first, and to date only, non-vegetable based beer. Seal Liver Stout has attracted a small but devoted following in craft beer circles.
In the early 1960s the New York City Transit Authority released thousands of white rats into the subway system in hopes of creating a population of rats which would be easier for track workers to see and avoid.
In an effort to reduce weight, the architects of the Empire State Building filled the space between the inner and outer concrete walls with marshmallows.
90% of native Americans lack the taste buds required to distinguish beef from pork.
During the 1958 Christmas season Macy's Department Store on 34th St, New York, was forced to remove thousands of sweaters from its shelves when it was discovered that the wool was radioactive, a result of fallout from nuclear tests in the Nevada desert
In the 1930's the Boy Scouts of America offered Merit Badges in Still Making and Bindlestiffery.
The added air pressure from the weight of a Boeing 747 passing directly overhead has been known to burst the eardrums of people on the ground below.
The iceberg which sank the Titanic is still floating in the North Atlantic despite losing 300 million pounds a year due to melting
