Monday, January 16, 2006

Random Facts Monday #3

  1. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider.
  2. Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp.
  3. Wine will spoil if exposed to light; hence tinted bottles.
  4. The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy.
  5. The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
  6. President Bush and Saddam Hussein both have their shoes made by the same Italian shoemaker.
  7. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
  8. Honey is used sometimes for antifreeze mixtures and in the center of golf balls.
  9. The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
  10. There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

There you go! More to come next Monday!

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