Did You Know... (Archive)

9/18/09-Riddle-What starts with T ends with T and is full of T?
Answer: Teapot

9/17/09-Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

9/16/09-A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky eh ? )

9/15/09-All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

9/14/09-Adolf Hitler had a twin brother who died at birth.

9/11/09-New York City has 11 letters. 2) Afghanistan has 11 letters. 3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who threatened to Destroy the Twin Towers in 1993 has 11 letters.coincidence, but this gets more interesting: 1) New York is the 11th state. 2) The first plane crashing against the Twin Towers was flight number 11. 3) Flight 11 was carrying 92 passengers. 9 + 2 = 11 4) Flight 77 which also hit Twin Towers, was carrying 65 passengers. 6+5 = 11 5)The tragedy of Madrid happened 911 days after the Twin Towers incident.

9/10/09- In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earths atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost 2 years.

9/09/09-That Richard Nixon lost a Frisbee on the roof of the White House.

9/08/09-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was so convinced the White House was haunted that she kept a vial of holy water on her nightstand.

9/04/09- Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne survived a car crash, train derailment, sinking ship, house fire and a tornado before perishing in a plane crash.

9/03/09- that the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows?

9/2/09- that the cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second?

9/1/09- that "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order?

8/31/09- that the only ingredient in cotton candy is SUGAR?

8/30/09- that it is impossible to lick your elbow?