Still More Did You Know..

  • Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Women can also smell better than men.
  • Cost of raising a medium sized dog to the age of 11: $6,400.
  • Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000.
  • The world’s youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910.
  • The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
  • First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
  • The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile national monuments.
  • Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
    • Spades – King David
    • Clubs – Alexander the Great
    • Hearts – Charlemagne
    • Diamonds – Julius Caesar
  • Over 2,500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
  • The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
  • Astronauts cannot cry. In space, there is no gravity, so the tears can’t flow.
  • A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
  • Percentage of Americans that want to change their bodies in some way: 75%.
  • Percentage of Americans that would want to change their intelligence: 13%.
  • A person who is lost and starving can obtain nourishment by chewing on his shoes, provided they are made of leather.
  • An igloo will stand up to modern artillery better than a concrete barricade. Additionally, they are almost invisible from the air and can’t be spotted by infrared sensors.