Interesting facts

Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.

Chewing gum while peeling onions keep you from crying.

In Tibet, it is considered good manners to stick out your tongue at someone.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

A newborn baby sees the world upside down because it takes some time for a baby's brain to learn to turn the image right-side up.

You can use pinecones to forecast weather - the scales will close when the rain is on the way.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

Banana oil never saw a banana; it's made from petroleum.

An average American will spend an average of 6 months during his lifetime waiting at red lights.

People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark.

A chef's hat is shaped the way it is for a reason: its shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool in a hot kitchen.

Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.

Left handed people live slightly shorterlives than right handed people.

Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year.

Brushing your teeth regularly has been shown to prevent heart disease.

Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death tilting vending machines towards them in the hope of a free can of soda.

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Bflygal's comments: where did the missing 94 bones went? Did I swallow them?????

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918 by Charles Jung.

In Europe coffee was once known as Arabian Wine.

91% of us lie regularly.

An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

- Stephen Leacock