* The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
* Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
* New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.
* There once was a town in West Virginia called "6".
* Singapore only has one train station.
* The parking meter was invented in North Dakota.
* Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox.
* Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.
* The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll.
* Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
* There are 333 toilet paper squares on a regular toilet paper roll.
* The Eiffel Tower has 2,5000,000 rivets in it.
* "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.
* On a average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
* Every minute in the U.S. six people turn 17.
* 2,500 lefties die each year using products designed for rightists.
* Ten tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day.
* On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
* Blue and white are the most common school colors.
* Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Saturday Silliness Again ...
Posted by BS at 5:25 PM
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3 comments:
I have one for you - the root beer float was invented in Cripple Creek.
LOL "Jaws is the most common name for a goldfish" AAHAHAHA I have no idea why that cracks me up so much!
What happened to "6"? :)
I believe my average 4 year old asked even more questions than that. :)
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