Fun Facts
The first words that Thomas A. Edison spoke into the phonograph were, "Mary had a little lamb."
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time
Guinea pigs and rabbits can't sweat
The equivalent of calling someone a jerk in English is calling them a pickle in French\
In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription
In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years
The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 1981 and continued until September 1983. It lasted for 978 days, and 4,687,514 gesundheits
All shrimp are born male, but slowly grow into females as they mature
A drunk security man asked a colleague at the Moscow bank they were guarding to stab his bullet-proof vest to see if it would protected him against a knife attack. It didn't, and the 25-year-old guard died of a heart wound