Pure Gold

A piece of pure gold the size of a matchbook can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

Words That Do Not Rhyme

There are no words that rhyme with silver, orange, purple and month.
Below are some words that actually do rhyme.

Sound And Water

The speed of sound under water is roughly 4,500 feet per second. Which is 5 times faster than the speed of sound that travels through the air!With this ratio whales are able to communicate over distances of hundreds of miles.

The First Bar Code Ever

The first product to have a bar code put on it is Wrigley's Gum.

France, During The World Wars

France was controlled by forty different governments during World War's 1 and 2 Karachi Airport in 1943 during World War II.
Weird how things change...

Glass

It takes glass 1 million years to decompose.
This particular piece of glass is called a Moldavite it is a natural glass that was formed by a meteorite impact in Besednice, Bohemia.

Polar Bears

Polar Bears are left handed!

Earthquakes

There are approximately 50 earthquakes everyday.

Most Common Street Name

The most common street name in the U.S. is Second Street.

Warding Off The Devil While Drinking

Long ago people would click their cups together while drinking in hopes to ward off the devil.
Cheers!

Pacman

The inspiration for the character Pacman came from a pizza with a slice missing.A perfect score playing the arcade game Pacman is 3,333,360.

Prohibition

January 17, 1920 prohibition started at 12:01 AM. It took only 58 minutes for the first violation to occur, when a shipment of whiskey was hijacked in Chicago.

Peanuts

Peanuts are actually beans! Not nuts...?

Chickens Vs. Humans

Chickens win!
There are more chickens than humans on this Earth.

Granted, there are more humans eating chickens though...

People Used To Wash Their Clothes With Urine?

It's true! People used to wash their clothes with fermented urine because it contains a certain amount of ammonia.

Superman A Bald Telepathic Villain?

Superman started as a bald telepathic villain in the short story "The Reign Of Super-man" published in 1933. Less than six years later in 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster sold their rights on Superman to Detective Comics(DC Comics) for $130.

Laughing Epidemic

In 1962 an laughing epidemic broke out in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). Starting among a group of schoolgirls, the laughter spread rapidly, eventually infecting neighbouring villages and forcing schools to close. It lasted for at least six months.

The Toltecs Wielded Wooden Swords

Trying not to kill their enemies the seventh-century native Mexicans the Toltecs, went into battle wielding wooden swords.

Doctor Predicts One Out Of Twenty

Only one in twenty children are born on the day that the doctor predicts.
Not counting the children that are induced of course.

Pogonophobia, The Fear Of Beards

I didn't know there was such a thing?

Albert Einstein Dies, Misunderstood?

When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him because the nurse at his side didn't understand German.

Lips Shrink With Age

Lips are fuller in younger people because of collagen. When you get older there's not much collagen produced and so in turn it breaks down a bit. In a way it deflates like a balloon. Of course this does vary from person to person.

Ulysses S. Grant Receives A Speeding Ticket

President Ulysses S. Grant once received a speeding ticket from a traffic cop for going to fast in his horse drawn carriage.