Thursday, June 24, 2004

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off

Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad

Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour

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