21 Interesting Facts of the Week |
| By: Steve Jenkins |
Barbers are forbidden by law from shaving a man's chest in Omaha, Nebraska
A Horse has 18 more bones than a Human.
A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.
About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.
According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.
Adult Northwestern American Grizzly Bears can bite through steel as thick as one half inch.
After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.
According to Hammurabi's Code, the penalty for medical malpractice was to cut off the doctor's hands.
All polar bears are left-handed.
Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.
Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.
Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.
Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk.
According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during sex than men.
Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee every year and around five million bottles of soda.
After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.
Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day.
An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.
An eyelash lives about 5 months.
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.





















