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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 12, 2007 18:05:11 GMT -5
A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs. I didn't know chickens had external ears, let alone ear lobes
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 13, 2007 19:23:25 GMT -5
Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 13, 2007 19:51:19 GMT -5
Atlantic salmon are able to leap 15 feet high.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 13, 2007 19:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 14, 2007 20:29:56 GMT -5
The ancient Greeks had a fascination with the planet Mars. They attributed the planet to Ares, their god of war, because of its red colour.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 14, 2007 20:44:43 GMT -5
There is a substance in the skin of the African clawed frog that helps in fighting infection.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 15, 2007 18:38:56 GMT -5
In the 18th century, potatoes were given out as a dessert. They were served in a napkin, salted and hot.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 15, 2007 18:48:22 GMT -5
The music for "The Star Spangled Banner" comes from a British drinking song named "Anacreon."
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 16, 2007 18:14:02 GMT -5
Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 16, 2007 19:05:22 GMT -5
The US has more laws governing sexual behavior than every country in Europe combined.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 17, 2007 18:25:47 GMT -5
The Chinese politician Mao Zedong refused to ever brush his teeth and instead just washed his mouth with tea.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 17, 2007 18:50:48 GMT -5
The Faberge, "Winter Egg" was sold in 1994 for $5.6 million. This is the most expensive decorative egg that has ever been sold.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 21, 2007 6:15:47 GMT -5
The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 21, 2007 6:22:25 GMT -5
It is said that grapefruit got its name because it grows like grapes in clusters. One cluster can have up to 25 grapefruits.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 21, 2007 6:37:02 GMT -5
St. Nicholas was bishop of the Turkish town of Myra in the early fourth century. It was the Dutch who first made him into a Christmas gift-giver, and Dutch settlers brought him to America where his name eventually became the familiar Santa Claus.
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