You Probably Don't Care But: Home Index * - 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the widest road in the world. * - Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level. * - Canada has more donut shops per-capita than any other country in the world * - Canada is home to the invention of ice beer. It is produced by freezing the brew and filtering the ice crystals, increasing the alcohol content. * - Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself." * - In Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan 'finger-lickin' good' came out as 'eat your fingers off.' * - In Elizabethan England women wore egg whites over their faces to create a glazed look. * - In England, in the 1880's pants was considered a dirty word. * - In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. * - In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers. * - In the province of Saskatchewan, Canada there are towns by the name of Elbow and Eyebrow * - In the U.S. alone an estimated 800 people are injured by their jewelry every week. * - In the USA - more toilets flush at the half time of the Super Bowl than at any other time of the year. * - Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. * - New York City was briefly the U.S. capital from 1789 to 1790 . * - Researchers don't know why, but people living in mountain states eat 30% more cookies than other people. * - The McDonalds in Paris has white arches rather than golden ones, yellow was perceived as tacky. * - Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee. * - Voodoo originated in Haiti. * - About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. * - Americans consume over 4,000 cups of coffee per second, per day. * - Dildo is a town in Newfoundland, Canada. * - Las Vegas has the most chapels per capita than any other U.S. city. * - The amount of money spent in US schools on trash disposal is equal to the amount of money spent on textbooks * - About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. * - Americans consume over 4,000 cups of coffee per second, per day. * - Dildo is a town in Newfoundland, Canada. * - In England, in the 1880's pants was considered a dirty word. |