Food For The Thought 4

[mysteriouza]

* The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters A,E,I,O,U,H,K,L,M,N,P,W, ' ( which is called okina).
* Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better.
* The City with most Rolls Royce capita : Hong Kong.
* Average number of days a German goes without washing his underwear, 7.
* The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
* Iceland consumes more coca cola per capita than any other nation.
* First novel ever written on a typewriter : 'Tom Sawyer' .
* Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history, Spades-King David, Club-Alexander the Great, Hearts-Charlemagne, Diamond-Julius Caesar.
* If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle, if the horse has one leg front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle, if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
* Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, the last signature was added 5 years later.
* Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg.
* The citrus soda 7UP was created in 1929, '7' was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the bubbles.
* Because radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per seconds and sound waves saunter at 700 miles per hour, a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 13,000 miles away than it can be heard at the back of the room in which it originated.
* Mosquito repellent don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
* The bagpipe was originally made from a whole skin of a dead sheep.
* It has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept as least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
* In an ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.
* It is possible to drown and not die. Technically the term 'drowning' refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, no to death cause by that process.