? You lose enough dead skin cells in your lifetime to fill eight five-pound flour bags.
? Before 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
? The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.
? Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
? The average human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid.
? The Belgium news agency Belga reported in November that a man suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Liege said he couldn’t have done it because he was busy breaking into a school at the same time. Police then arrested him for breaking into the school.
? The pharaohs of ancient Egypt wore garments made with thin threads of beaten gold. Some fabrics had up to 500 gold threads per inch of cloth.
? Craven Walker invented the lava lamp, and its contents are colored wax and water.
