Interesting Facts #22

  • The world’s largest library is the private collection of Fidel Castro. It contains 13 percent more volumes than the Library of Congress.
  • According to the Las Vegas Board of Tourism, 4,300 new decks of cards are used every day in the city’s casinos.
  • Numerous studies have shown that motivational posters have a negative impact on morale.
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Amazing!

Poe here! I had to pop back onto the blog and jsut comment on Kyle’s staying power! Not only has he been at this since I left, but he also had to do the whole Sabbath stuff BEFORE he started posting! Yes! He’s already been up 24 hours. What a sport!

Go Kyle! You are my hero! (=

::giggles and hugs Kyle::

Let’s hear it for Kyle. (= He’s been keeping you entertained for hours!

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Interesting Facts #21

  • One out of three people in the US carries a wallet worth more than the money inside of it.
  • Within two years of its inception, the internet contained more words than every book ever written combined.
  • The color yellow is in actuality a retinal processing error of colors that our rod receptors cannot distinguish.
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Interesting Facts #20

  • The limiting factor in the shelf life of SPAM is how long the steel can it is stored in will last before rusting away.
  • Army ants can kill a panther if they catch it sleeping.
  • Because of slow mutations in the human genome, some experts believe that the six-fingered humans will outnumber their five-fingered brothers by the year 2412.
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Interesting Facts #19

  • Kites were invented as a siege weapon, but were relatively ineffective. It was another 30 years before they were first made as toys.
  • Only one in 20 debit card users change their PIN, but of those that do, 12 percent choose 1234, and 7 percent chose one digit repeated four times.
  • There are more varieties of cheddar cheese than are residents of Cheddar, UK

Here’s one from our very own Poe! Thanks!

  • Left handed men were not allowed to become knights. They were believed to be descended from the devil.
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