# The word 'pound' is abbreviated 'lb.' after the constellation 'libra' because it means 'pound' in Latin, and also 'scales'. The abbreviation for the British Pound Sterling comes from the same source: it is an 'L' for Libra/Lb. with a stroke through it to indicate abbreviation. Sames goes for the Italian lira which uses the same abbreviation ('lira' coming from 'libra'). So British currency (before it went metric) was always quoted as "pounds/shillings/pence", abbreviated "L/s/d" (libra/solidus/denarius).

# Underground is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.

# Stewardesses and reverberated are the two longest words that can be typed using only the left hand. (12 letters)

# The longest word that can be typed using only the right hand is lollipop.

# A whale's penis is called a dork.

# The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'.

# Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

# A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

# Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

# Camel's milk does not curdle.

# The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

# Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

# Mosquitos have teeth.

# When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

# Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.

# Butterflies taste with their feet.

# Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

# More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

# If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

# A snail can sleep for 3 years.

# The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

# Pigeons carry more disease than cockroaches.

# St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.

# Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.

# The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

# Key and lock technology has progressed little in the last 300 years. An able lock pick from 1750 would be able to open any present household lock in a matter of moments.

# Leonardo da vinci invented the scissors.

# In the great fire of london in 1666, half of the city was burned down but only 6 people were injured.

# The only 2 nations who's names begin with an "A", but don't end in an "A" are Afghanastan and Azerbajan (Thanks Minerjon.)

# Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

# There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

# The earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000.000.000 tons. (Exactly??)

#The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

# Vatican city is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and an area of 108.7 acres.

# New homes along the coast in japan are being built with round, floating, padded ball escape pods for use when tsunamis hit.

# February 1965 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

# Los angeles' full name is 'el pueblo de nuestra senora la reina de los angeles de pornciuncula'.

# Someone paid $14,000 for the bra Marilyn Monroe wore in Some Like It Hot.

# Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubbles' maiden name was Betty Jean McBricker.

# Ufologists believe alien spacecraft operate at frequencies above human hearing. no alien abduction "victim" has ever had a dog at her/his side.

# From 1842-1873 'Ebeneezer' was the most popular name for boys in england. in 1996 three boys were named 'Ebeneezer' in the whole of the British Isles. (Now I my name doesn't feel so odd!)

# If the population of china walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

# The most common name in the world is mohammed.

# Americans waste 2% of their lives making and receiving wrong number phone calls. (And the Brits??)

# More firemen are hurt responding to false alarms than are hurt in actual fires.

# Oddly, lower back pain is a very accurate predictor of longevity. you live longer with pain than without.

# The idea that 'the Boogey man will get you' comes from the Boogey people, who still inhabit an area of Indonesia. these people still act as pirates today, and attack passing ships.

# There are 12 recorded cases of persons who worked at computers developing mild telescopic vision.

# A sealed room would need 32 trees to provide enough oxygen to keep one person alive.