According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. The offense was punishable by hanging.
In Egypt, in 1500 BC, a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Their women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo
The color purple was a sign of great rank in Ancient Rome
Men spent about 106 days out of their lives shaving
The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.
The Aztec and Maya Indians played a complicated game not unlike lacrosse When the game was finished, the captain of the losing team was slaughtered before the onlookers and his body was torn limb from limb
No NFL team that plays its home games in a domed stadium ever won a Superbowl--until the St Louis Rams in 2000
Drunk ants always fall over on their right side
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate
Texas was one of the first states to adopt capital punishment by lethal injection -- in 1977.
'Whence' means 'from where,' so 'from whence' is redundant
Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are 4 to 1.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula
Toto was paid $125 a week during the filming of the Wizard of Oz
In Egypt, in 1500 BC, a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Their women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo
The color purple was a sign of great rank in Ancient Rome
Men spent about 106 days out of their lives shaving
The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.
The Aztec and Maya Indians played a complicated game not unlike lacrosse When the game was finished, the captain of the losing team was slaughtered before the onlookers and his body was torn limb from limb
No NFL team that plays its home games in a domed stadium ever won a Superbowl--until the St Louis Rams in 2000
Drunk ants always fall over on their right side
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate
Texas was one of the first states to adopt capital punishment by lethal injection -- in 1977.
'Whence' means 'from where,' so 'from whence' is redundant
Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are 4 to 1.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula
Toto was paid $125 a week during the filming of the Wizard of Oz
