A Weblog Dedicated to the Discussion of the Christian Faith and 21st Century Life

A Weblog Dedicated to the Discussion of the Christian Faith and 21st Century Life
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I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe, –that unless I believed, I should not understand.-- St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Little Known Facts that are... Well... Little Known...

...from various sources:

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Alaska is the state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

A duck's quack doesn't echo.

Hershey's Kisses are named after the machine that makes them as it looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

The first toilet ever seen on TV was on "Leave It To Beaver."

Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was Thelma Pickles.

The American dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

The typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.

1 comment:

PamBG said...

"John and Thelma" or "Lennon and Pickles" just doesn't have a ring to it, does it?