Monday, March 8, 2010

Monday Trivia

1.The average person has 1,460 dreams a year. That's four a night.

2. American tables are set with salt and pepper, in Hungary it's salt and paprika.

3. Birth of the dimpled ball: Golfers noticed that old, dented balls flew farther than new ones.

4. Doctors in ancient China were paid when patients were healthy, not sick.

5. The world's rarest matchbook, issued after Charles Lindbergh's Atlantic flight, is worth $4,000.

6. President Clinton's feet (size 13C) are the biggest presidential feet since Woodrow Wilson's.

7. First American to have plumbing installed in his home: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1840.

8. The first sound recording ever made was, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," by Tom Edison in 1877.

9. Istanbul, which sits half in Europe and half in Asia, is the only city on two continents.

10. Japan reportedly has far fewer flush toilets than any other modern industrialized nation.

1 comment:

Bob G. said...

MSN:
I love these lists...and regarding the dreams at night...
Most of mine are short subjects, with a cartoon in between...LOL.
I don't think I could handle an "epic"...!
(I do that while AWAKE).

Have a great week!