Giant clams, Glacier Express, Snoopy
Paper drinking straws were patented by Marvin C. Stone of Washington D.C., on Jan. 3, 1888. The ideal straw, in his opinion, was 8.5 inches long with a diameter just narrow enough to stop lemon seeds from being sucked up.
The South Korean delicacy known as poshintang (literally: body preservation stew) is considered very good for your health. The main ingredient is dog meat.
Find out what's happening in Melrosefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
According to medieval superstition, a woman could recover her virginity by giving birth to seven illegitimate children.
A full grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
Find out what's happening in Melrosefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Black bears are not always black. They can be brown, cinnamon and sometimes white.
Whoopi Goldberg’s real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson.
There is a town called Paradise and a town called Hell in Michigan.
There is a species of clam that can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds. The giant clam only gets one chance to find a nice home. Once it fastens itself to a spot in the reef, it sits there for the rest of its life. They live in the warm waters of the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
In the book Animal Farm, the name of the horse was Boxer.
Teflon was put between the steel framework and the copper skin of the restored Statue of Liberty to prevent corrosion.
January 10 is Peculiar People Day.
January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day.
January 28 is Bubble Wrap awareness day. (The last Monday of the month.)
The cartoon characters described as being three apples high are the Smurfs.
In the comic strip Peanuts, Snoopy’s mothers' name is Missy.
The Glacier Express is an express train connecting railway stations of the two major mountain resorts of St. Moritz and Zermatt in the Swiss Alps. The train is not an “express” in the sense of being a high-speed train, but rather, in the sense that it provides a one-seat ride for a long duration travel. The trip on the Glacier Express is a 7 ½ hour railway journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass on the highest point at 6,671 feet in altitude.
Sources: picture: Wikipedia.en.org; Encyclopedia of Useless information by William Hartston; www.funfunnyfacts.com; www.nationalgeographic.com; www.triviacontry.com; www.holidayinsights.com.
