°Tablecloths were originally meant to be used as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating.
°Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
°Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
°When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 mph. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.
°A violin contains around 70 separate pieces of wood.
°During your lifetime, you’ll eat about 60,000 pounds of food. That’s the weight of about six elephants.
°Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
°A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 mph.
°There wasn’t a single pony in the Pony Express — just horses.
