Cool Fact 1
- The term rule of thumb comes from the old English law that men couldn't beat their wives with anything wider than their thumb.
- Less than one percent of people who entered Germany's
Auschwitz concentration camp survived, after being liberated by the
Russians in 1945.
- American poet Edgar Allan Poe was once thrown out of West Point Academy in 1831 after showing up for inspection stark naked.
- A monkey's skull wrapped in leather and paper was used as a
soccer ball in the very first World's Cup Soccer Championships in
Uruguay.
- Ants never sleep in their wholelife.
- A reward of $1,000 was offered for information leading to
the capture and conviction of a man robbing taxi drivers. The man
turned himself in and demanded the reward as a result. He received a 20
year sentence for aggravated robbery instead.
- The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
- Elvis Presley's hip-wiggling started out as a stage fright. He was so nervous, that his legs would shake.
- Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
- A man was arrested and charged with the robbery—of vending machines. The man posted bail, entirely in quarters.
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
- The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
- The term rule of thumb comes from the old English law that men couldn't beat their wives with anything wider than their thumb.
- Less than one percent of people who entered Germany's
Auschwitz concentration camp survived, after being liberated by the
Russians in 1945.
- American poet Edgar Allan Poe was once thrown out of West Point Academy in 1831 after showing up for inspection stark naked.
- A monkey's skull wrapped in leather and paper was used as a
soccer ball in the very first World's Cup Soccer Championships in
Uruguay.
- Ants never sleep in their wholelife.
- A reward of $1,000 was offered for information leading to
the capture and conviction of a man robbing taxi drivers. The man
turned himself in and demanded the reward as a result. He received a 20
year sentence for aggravated robbery instead.
- The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
- Elvis Presley's hip-wiggling started out as a stage fright. He was so nervous, that his legs would shake.
- Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
- A man was arrested and charged with the robbery—of vending machines. The man posted bail, entirely in quarters.
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
- The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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