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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 18:47:41 GMT -5
Big black holes sing bass. One particularly monstrous black hole has probably been humming B flat for billions of years, but at a pitch no human could hear, astronomers said.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 18:59:34 GMT -5
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 19:16:53 GMT -5
The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 19:27:04 GMT -5
Hawaii is the only U.S. state to produce coffee.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 19:35:59 GMT -5
Medical experts are perturbed that TV medical dramas suggest that people who receive CPR usually recover; the truth is, only about 15 percent of victims survive after receiving CPR.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 20:08:27 GMT -5
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:16:36 GMT -5
Beaver teeth are so sharp that Native Americans once used them as knife blades.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:17:43 GMT -5
Ketchup is excellent for cleaning brass, especially tarnished or corroded brass.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:20:37 GMT -5
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:21:39 GMT -5
At one golf course in North Carolina, you can rent a llama to be your caddy.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:28:26 GMT -5
In 1924, Harry Goulding and his wife, Mike, came to Monument Valley and established a trading post and lodge. The original trading post is now a museum with artifacts from the valley's human history, including photographs from films made there. Behind the museum is the John Wayne cabin, built and used for many of the seven movies filmed by director John Ford in the area.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:35:20 GMT -5
In Maine, it's illegal for a police officer to tell you to have a nice day after giving you a traffic ticket.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:36:20 GMT -5
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:38:11 GMT -5
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
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Post by Paul Hogan on May 2, 2005 21:40:06 GMT -5
Legislators in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are considering a law that would require pets to wear seat belts when traveling in a car.
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