| Amazing Facts - Part 1 |
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2008/01/18 13:14 |
AMAZING FACTS - Part 1
King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.
Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of
whiskers.
The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum
of a cadaver.
The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the
fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.
The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned
by Frank Sinatra.
The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's
no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.
Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, was patterned after
President Calvin Coolidge, who had a pet tiger as a boy.
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
Because printed materials are being replaced by CD-ROM, microfiche and
the Internet, libraries that previously sank into their foundations
under the weight of their books are now in danger of collapsing in
extremely high winds.
Urine from male cape water buffaloes is so flammable that some tribes
use it for lantern fuel.
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