· Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
· Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produces
· The University of Alaska spans four time zones
· The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
· In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
· Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil).
· Warner Comm. paid $28 million for the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'
· Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
· A comet's tail always points away from the sun
· The "Swine flu" vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent
· Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
· The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
· If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
· When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight
· Trivia is the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and... the crossroads
· In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed
· Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside
· Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams
· It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines
· The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year
· The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
· Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters
· Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left
· Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
· Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down
· The painting that won second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design was hanging upside down when it was judged
· Everything weighs one percent less at the equator
· For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off
· The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements
· Snake venom is ninety percent protein
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