Nome, Alaska, is as far west as Honolulu. (But it's a whole lot easier to spell!)

Young turkeys catch cold if their feet get wet. (So, if you let your turkey out in the rain, be sure it wears it's rubbers!)

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The bikini is not new to the 20th century. Roman women wore them 2,000 years ago. (Must have been a shortage of togas!)

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Venus is the only planet in our Solar System which travels around the sun in a clockwise direction. The other planets travel counterclockwise.

(A proud mother, watching her son march past as his band played during a half-time performance, was heard to exclaim: "Everybody's out of step but my son, John!")

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America's first college band was that of the University of Notre Dame. It was formed in 1845. (Before that, they had 15 guys playing 'William Tell' by thumping on their heads.)

The Royal Antelope of Africa is the size of a house cat. (Big Deal!! I've got a di... Oh... Right... This is a 'Family' page... Better not go there...)

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Scientists have estimated the weight of the atmosphere to be 5,157,000,000,000,000 (that's 5 quadrillion and 157 trillion!) tons.

(Of course, before politicians were invented, it weighed 14 pounds 3 1/2 ounces!)

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Reindeer have six stomachs.

(No wonder they eat so many
bloody carrots on Christmas Eve!!!)

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The early Greeks flashed coded messages by reflecting light from their polished shields.

(Of course, these days, men in overcoats are flashing messages in city parks every day. I'm not sure what the message says, unless they're telling everyone to look to the skies for the Batman signal.)

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The glass snake is a legless lizard found in the southern United States. If an enemy grabs its tail, the snake will wiggle off, leaving the tip in the enemy's mouth. It is called the glass snake because it can break off the tip of the tail. A few days later the snake will have a new tip.

(Great... Go out looking for 'a piece of tail' and that's exactly what you get!!!)

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The length of a year on the planet Jupiter is twelve times the length of our year on earth.

(What would that be in dog years!?)

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The 'forty-niners' of 1849 increased the population of California from 20,000 to 107,000 in only 11 months.

(Good Lord!!! When did they ever find the time to dig for gold!!???)

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Henry Ford built his first workable car in 1896. (And he's been driving people nuts ever since!)

In 1870, it took eight days to cross the United States by train. (Today, Sodam Insane can cross the States in about 3 seconds!)

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Celluloid was the first plastic; it was used to make billiard balls.

(But it never caught on as a 'catch-phrase' for courage... I mean, when was the last time you heard of someone having celluloid ones!!)

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