A few fun facts

- At one time in Holland it took four years to train to be a hatmaker
   but only three years to train to be a surgeon....

 - Despite the many rat infested slums in New York City, only 311
   people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 residents
   are bitten annually by other New Yorkers....

 - No one knows why, but 90 percent of women who walk into a
   department store immediately turn to the right....

 - The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe
   an 11 story building....

 - Adults average only one nightmare a year, but typically have
   seven sexual fantasies a day....

 - There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are
   people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40
   million....

 - During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of
   the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies....

 - The liver, not the heart, is the sign of romance in northern
   Morocco....  When a Moroccan girl falls in love she says,
   "Darling, you have stolen my liver."

 - Drivers tend to drive faster when other cars are around. It doesn't
   matter whether they are in front, behind, or beside them....

 - A small tribe named the Todas in southern India don't greet
   each other with a handshake, they thumb their noses....

 - The host team in an NFL football game must have 26 footballs
   inflated and ready to play....

 - The world's greatest lover was King Mongut of Siam. He had
   9,000 wives....  Before dying of syphilis he was quoted as saying
   he only loved the first 700....


    Coca-Cola was originally green.

    Every day more money is printed for
    Monopoly than the US Treasury.

    It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not
    downstairs.

    Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2)
    Poodle; 3) Golden retriever. Dumbest: Afghan
    hound.

    Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

    Men can read smaller print than women;
    women can hear better.

    Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by
    eliminating one olive from each salad served
    first class: $40,000

    City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita:
    Hong Kong

    State with the highest percentage of people who
    walk to work: Alaska

    Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

    Percentage of North America that is wilderness:
    38%

    Barbie's measurements if she were life size:
    39-23-33

    Average number of days a West German goes
    without washing his underwear: 7

    Percentage of American men who say they
    would marry the same woman if they had it to
    do all over again: 80%

    Percentage of American women who say they'd
    marry the same man: 50%

    Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of
    eleven: $6,400

    Average number of people airborne over the
    US any given hour: 61,000.

    Percentage of Americans who have visited
    Disneyland/Disney World: 70%

    Average life span of a major league baseball: 7
    pitches.

    Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F.
    Kennedy for Profiles in Courage

    Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in
    their hair.

    The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and
    lived in China in 1910.

    The youngest pope was 11 years old.

    Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita
    than any other nation.