September is International Square Dancing month.
September 7 is National Neither Rain nor Snow Day.
The average American opens the refrigerator door 22 times a day.
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Washington police officers get a half hour class on how to sit down.
In Australia, John Flynn invented the flying doctor service.
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Britain invented the c0ncentration camp during the Boer War.
The only patented "uniform" or "costume" in the US is the Playboy Bunny outfit.
September 13 is Uncle Sam Day. His image was first used in 1813.
An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession.
A fear of frogs is known as Ranidaphobia.
The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns!
large kangaroos can cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
A fear of toads is known as Bofonophobia.
September 18 is National Cheeseburger Day.
Whittier, Alaska, is a sleepy town on the west side of Prince William Sound. On the edge of town is a 14-story building called Begich Towers - a former Army barracks resembling an aging hotel. That is where most of the town's 200 residents live. Finding your way to the remote town isn't easy. You can get to Whittier by sea or take a long, one-lane tunnel through the mountains, which at any given time only runs one way. At night they close the tunnel completely. Then there's the weather: the 60 mph winter winds are brutal. That's why residents have everything they need under one roof.
September is Crush a Can Day.
A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
Ten percent of salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.
In 1998, a ferry in Seattle cut its maximum seating from 250 to 230 because U.S. bottoms had become larger. "Eighteen inch butts are a thing of the past." a spokesman said.
There are more than sixty species and eight thousand varieties of grapes. and they can all be used to make juice or wine.
Research has shown that the earliest training given to hummingbird chicks by their mother birds is to elevate their posteriors above the nest edge when defecating. Hummingbird nests
are thus cleaner than those of other birds. Hummknbirds cannot walk but are the only birds that can fly backwards.
Sources: www.holidayinsights.com; www.triviacountry.com; www.funfunnyfacts.com; www.npr.oirg/2015/01/18; www.corsinet.com; Encyclopedia of Useless Information by William Hartston.
