Fascinating Facts

Excerpts from 2201 Fascinating Facts by David Louis:

In New York state it is illegal to shoot at a rabbit from a moving trolley car.

In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds

There is no documented proof that Betsy Ross created the first American flag.

A chameleon can still change to the color of its surroundings even if it is blind.

47 Bibles are sold or distributed throughout the world every minute of the day.

In some executions notably that of Mary Queen of Scots it took 15 whacks of the blade before the head was severed.

Poison Oak is not oak, poison ivy is not ivy, both are members of the cashew family.

The onion is a lily.

George Washington was not the first president of the U.S. The first president was John Hanson, Maryland's representative at the Continental Congress. On November 5, 1781, Hanson was elected by the Constitutional Congress to the office of President of the United States in Congress Assembled. He served for 1 year.

A rat can fall from a 5 story building without injury.

In July 1950 a patent was issued for an automatic spaghetti spinning fork.

In downtown Lima, Peru there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie the Pooh.

The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after the first baby girl born in the White House. Ruth Cleveland, daughter of President Grover Cleveland.



Aaaaaaaaaand mine and Shannon's favorite:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantsiliogogogoch is the Welsh name of the town of Llandfair in Wales. Translated the name means, "Saint Mary's Church in a Hollow of White Hazel Close to a Whirlpool and Saint Tysilo's Church and Near a Red Cave."