DID YOU KNOW?

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is
considered  an insult!

 People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other  sport.
How nice!

 Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he  declined.

 Astronauts can't belch -  there is no gravity to separate liquid from
gas in their  stomachs.
I shall remember this!

Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
They went organic.

 The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
I know some like that even now.

  Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros

  Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the
ground for thousands of years.
Shall remember this.

 Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end

  Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

  Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent

 Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke
unless it's heated above 450°F

 The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London
that sold  seashells

 The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not
the ocean,
But rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the  ear.

 Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean

 Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until
1940 due to the smell it produces

 The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
Four good excuses to students who get late!

 The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
Pity, the tongue can.

 In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional
proposal of marriage.
Catching it meant she accepted.
Prior practice made girls perfect on wedding night.

   The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than
the disease it was intended to  prevent.
Could have tried it on swine first.

 If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up,
you can see stars, even in the middle of the day. Next time around
remind me.

 When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go.
The first sense lost is sight.

     Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories
per hundred  grams

 Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher
than 15,000  meters

  Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they
could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge
down

 The painting that won second place in a competition held by the US
National Academy of Design was hanging upside down when it was judged.
So much for art!