Did you know ...
- Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th.
- If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".
- The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”.
- Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
- The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.
- It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
- At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
- The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" translates to "penis".
- Count the number of cricket chirps in a 15-second period, add 37 to the total, and your result will be very close to the actual outdoor Fahrenheit temperature.
- More money is spent each year on alcohol and cigarettes than on Life insurance.
