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3781/ Ever wonder where the phrase
'two bits' came from? Some coins used in the American colonies
before the Revolutionary War were Spanish Dollars, which could
be cut into pieces, or bits. Since two pieces equaled one-quarter
dollar, the expression two bits came into being as a name
for 25 cents.
3782/ Fido means faithful in
Latin.
3783/ Most toilets flush in E
flat.
3784/ Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(You can read his poem 'Nature'
on FirstScience) was the first American to have plumbing installed
in his house in 1840.
3785/ Kerimaki Church in Finland
is the world's biggest church that is made of wood.
3786/ The first product Motorola
started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At
that time the most well known player on the market was the
Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
3787/ Papaphobia is the fear
of Popes.
3788/ The flying fish builds
up speed in the water then leaps into the air to escape predators.
Once in the air, it can stay airborne for up to 325 feet (100m).
3789/ MAFIA ia an acronym for
Morte Alla Franca Italia Anela, or Death to the French
is Italy's Cry.
3790/ Lead poisoning is known
as plumbism.
3791/ Turtles, tortoises and
terrapins do not have teeth. They have hard, horny jaws that
are able to cut and tear food.
3792/ Spider silk is an extremely
strong material and its on-weight basis has been proven to
be stronger than steel. Experts suggest that a pencil-thick
strand of silk could stop a Boeing 747 in flight.
3793/ In the past 60 years, the
groundhog has only predicted the weather correctly 28 percent
of the time. The rushing back and forth from burrows is believed
to indicate sexual activity, not shadow seeking.
(Editor's Note - This is great
news if you are a commodity trader. Whatever the groundhog
predicts, take note and do the EXACT OPPOSITE of what it would
mean for grain or corn if you knew the state of the weather!
Or alternatively just stick your money on a horse. Your call.)
3794/ More popcorn is sold in
Dallas than anywhere else in the United States.
3795/ Nicotine was introduced
by Jean Nicot (French Ambassador to Potugal) in France in
1560.
3796/ The hummingbird's brain,
4.2 per cent of its body weight, is proportionately the largest
in the bird kingdom.
3797/ Snakes do not urinate.
They secrete and excrete uric acid, which is a solid, chalky,
usually white substance.
3798/ The shrimps heart is in
its head (Editor's note
- Until you cook it. When presumably its heart is in its mouth!)
3799/ The dial tone of a normal
telephone is in the key F.
3800/ Aztec Emperor Montezuma
had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant 'plenty of excrement'.
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