IJMC - Some Trivia

The submitter of this one suggested that I just put one of these on each 
post. Interesting idea, but well, sorry dear, I just am not about to 
spend that much time on sending out the IJMC every night. I mean, cutting 
and pasting isn't that hard, but well, it's a fair bit more than I do 
right now and I really need the time to learn Perl so I can automate the 
subscription process on the web site...ok, enough babbling, enjoy a bunch 
of trivia all at once and thank the submitter for the thought. It's all 
that counts right? <grin>                                           -dave






Did you know that a full grown pumpkin has about 15 miles of roots?  Or that
a porpoise swims slowly in a circle as it sleeps?  Here are some more
fascinating tidbits of trivia you can use to impress your friends:

- At one time in Holland it took four years to train to be a hatmaker but 
only three years to train to be a surgeon.

- Despite the many rat invested slums in New York City, only 311 people
are bitten by rats in an average year.  But 1,519 residents are bitten
annually by other New Yorkers.

- No one knows why, but 90 percent of women who walk into a department
store immediately turn to the right.

- The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe an 11
story building.

- Adults average only one nightmare a year, but typically have seven
sexual fantasies a day.

- There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people.
The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

- During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the
sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies.

- The liver, not the heart, is the sign of romance in northern Morocco.
When a Moroccan girl falls in love she says, "Darling, you have stolen
my liver."

- Drivers tend to drive faster when other cars are around.  It doesn't
matter whether they are in front, behind or beside them.

- A small tribe named the Todas in southeren India don't greet each
other with a handshake, they thumb their noses.

- The host team in an NFL football game must have 26 footballs inflated
and ready to play.

- The world's greatest lover was King Mongut of Siam.  He had 9,000
wives.  Before dying of syphilis he was quoted in saying he only loved
the first 700.