Sunday, August 31, 2008

DID YOU KNOW THAT ...........

An average beaver can
cut down two hundred
trees a year.

All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.

All of the stars comprising the Milky Way galaxy revolve around the center of the galaxy once every 200 million years or so.

Alfred Hitchcock directed the first talking film ever made in England. It was called Blackmail and was made in 1931.

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood, respectively).

Alaska's borders make it the farthest state east, west and north. Its Aleutian Islands extends across the 180th meridian, which puts the islands chain's end in the eastern hemisphere.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

Adjusting for inflation, Cleopatra, 1963, is the most expensive movie ever made to date (mid-1999). Its budget of $44 million is equivalent to 270 million 1999 dollars.

According to the Population Council, people overwhelmingly tend to marry partners who live near them.

According to the Kinsey Institute, the biggest erect penis on record measures 13 inches. The smallest tops off at 1 3/4 inches.

According to the film's animators, you'll see 6,469,952 black spots every time you watch 101 Dalmatians.

According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during sex than men.

According to Playboy, the most popular sexual aid is erotic literature.

According to legend, when Burmese women are making beer, they need to avoid having sex or the beer will be bitter.


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