Useless Facts

Still no pics up, I'll try to get them on this week. This weekend we are going back so I can see my boy, he started Kindergarden this week!! Here's some other facts that I'm sure you don't care about:

In Alabama, it is against the law to wear a fake mustache that could cause laughter in the church.

A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave.

Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.

Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.

The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level.

Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

New York City was briefly the U.S. capital from 1789 to 1790.

A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine billion times a second.

The substance that gives red wine and dark beer its color is said to have a positive effects on cholesterol and blood pressure.

A rabbit's teeth never stops growing. They are kept worn down by gnawing on food.

The famous jewelry store Tiffany & Co. was established on September 18, 1837 in New York City. The amount of sales that were made the first day were $4.98.

A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries.

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.

The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams.

In 1897, Bayer, who is the makers of Aspirin, once marketed the drug heroin.

If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.

1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life.

A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night.

African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.

Beethoven used to take hay baths to remedy the swelling he used to get in his legs.

The board game Scrabble was originally called "Criss Cross Words" by inventor Alfred Butts.

The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.