sadness.....or smarts?

James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States... so sad. i wonder if that was also the time when the white house was messy and unfashinable...

not so secret anymore...

In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money...

donkey dream dashed.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes ... now i'll never ride one..

yet another reason to never have children...lol

The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day...

and to this day i still havent tried it.

this had to be one of the most iconic commercials ever....

The name "Grey Poupon" used for mustard comes from two people: Maurice Grey and Auguste Poupon. Grey was the inventor of a machine that mass produced fine textured mustard, and Poupon was an already established maker of mustard. In 1886 the Grey-Poupon firm was formed

dumbo can put out fires!

The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water .

no hangovers for bunnies.

A rabbit is not able to vomit ....

or hopefully more

An average person laughs about 15 times a day.

TINY SKY HAMBURGERS!

Scientists with high-speed cameras have discovered that rain drops are not tear shaped but rather look like hamburger buns.

a fair trade.

Half of a cup of figs will give you just as much calcium as half a cup of milk .

Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico ...
i only believe this because when i was there on vacation i saw one comin towards me and i couldnt move til my aunt squished it... scary.

a city i love so dearly... :)

In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago.

block those UV rays!

Early sunglasses served a special purpose and it wasn't to block the rays of the sun. For centuries, Chinese judges had routinely worn smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court. It wasn't until the 20th century that modern-type sunglasses came to be. In 1929, Sam Foster, founder of the Foster Grant company sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. By 1930...

delicious?

In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners.. i hate reading stuff like that cause then i wanna try it to see if its delicious, but i'll never be able to... :(

i promise you all my sandals, even my cute strapy ones.

In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other ... adorable.

smart fact.

The word "umbrella" is derived from the Latin root word "umbra", which means shade or shadow.

strange.

Before 1928, yo-yos used to be called bandalores in the United States. The first YOYO introduced in the U.S. was marketed by pedro flores. a philipines immigrant who remembered the toy from his youth. ... awesome!

chocoholics paradise......

In Belgium, 172,000 tons of chocolate are produced in a year..

i thought i knew of all products ice cream related....but

Tartufo (tahr-too-foh) is an Italian ice-cream dessert. It is usually composed of two or more flavors of ice cream, often with either fruit syrup or frozen fruit — typically raspberry, strawberry or cherry — in the center. It is typically covered in a shell made of chocolate or cocoa, but cinnamon or nuts are also used.

i will find this magical tartufo and purchase it post haste!

to bean or not to bean....

peanuts are not nuts at all, in fact they are more closely related to the bean family... yum!

the system can already be after you in the womb.

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks

slow poke

People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper

uh oh, scary.

There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. havent had a big one in L.A. in a long time.

7 more years....

Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced

:) just like the one around the corner from my apt.

In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub.

awwwwwww. cute!

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes themlooks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

yum.

The rarest coffee in the world is Kopi Luwak, which is found in Indonesia. It costs about $300 a pound...and i bet it must be super delicious...my morning would be so amazing with this in my cup.

im on number 5.

On average, an American relocates 11 times in their life. I think i might be ahead of the game, ive relocated 5 times... :\ uh ohs, i better settle down..

rethink before you say in the blink of an eye..

A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds, mega fast!

ooo la la... thats a lot of walkin!

The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665