Sunday, September 23, 2007

Facts

  • Leonardo da Vinci could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.
  • Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
  • The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!
  • Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
  • Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
  • The state of Florida is bigger than England!

Factiods

  • A diamond will break if you hit it with a hammer.
  • Earth is the densest planet in the solar system and the only one not named after a god.
  • Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!
  • Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!
  • Dolphins sleep with one eye open!