Category: Cool Facts


Did you know?

* Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on our planet

*The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for “To Insure Prompt Service”

* In England, in the 1880′s “pants” was considered a dirty word

* Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump

*Kittens are born both blind and deaf

*Goldfish remember better in cold water than warm water

*There are no rental cars in Bermuda

*The dot of the letter “i” is called a tittle

*Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don’t

*Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)

*None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)

*Avocados have more protein than any other fruit.

*There are three golf balls sitting on the moon

Did you know …

Unlike today’s feast consisting of turkey, stuffing, cranberry and so on…, the original Thanksgiving menu probably consisited of the following items:

► Seethed [boiled] Lobster
► Roasted Goose
► Boiled Turkey
► Fricase of Coney
► Pudding of Indian Corn Meal with dried Whortleberries
► Seethed Cod
► Roasted Duck
► Stewed Pumpkin
► Roasted Venison with Mustard Sauce
► Savory Pudding of Hominy
►Fruit and Holland Cheese

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