Friday, April 14, 2006
Weird facts:
~ About 4000 years ago, it was the accepted practice in Babylonia that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead (beer) he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calender was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we know to day as the "Honey moon"
~ According to one U.S. study, about 25 percent of all adolescent and adult males never use deodorant.
~ A supertanker (fully loaded) traveling at normal speed of 16 knots needs at least 20 minutes to stop.
~ A person who is lost in the woods and starving can obtain nourishment by chewing on his shoes. Leather has enough nutritional value to sustain life for a short time.
~ To clean tarnished copper bottoms of pots and pans, spread a little ketchup onto the bottom. Let it sit for about one minute. Wipe it clean and rinse.
~ 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
~ It is illegal to run out of gas on the Autobaun.
~ In Saudi Arabia there are solar-powered pay phones in the desert.
~ In ancient Rome, it was considered a sin to eat the flesh of a woodpecker.
~ The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
~ Your first offense drunk driving in El Salvador has a penalty of the firing squad. Very Extreme.
|ericadawn |2:00 PM|
