Interesting facts

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A starfish can turn its stomach inside out

 

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A starfish can turn its stomach inside out

Reminds me of a couple of Saturday nights in my youth.

 

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Dolphins give names to each other.

 

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Dolphins give names to each other.

Question: Since no one has ever had a Dolphins to English dictionary, how would anyone know that?

 

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Question: Since no one has ever had a Dolphins to English dictionary, how would anyone know that?

Dolphin-Squeak-To-English Translator Works In Real Time

You had me at "seaweed."

www.popsci.com

 

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A group of porcupines is called a prickle.

 

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Andrew Jackson’s parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it wouldn’t stop swearing. Polly wants her mouth washed out.

 

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Sloths can hold their breaths for up to 40 minutes.

 

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Henry VIII knighted all four of his “Grooms of Stool” — the people in charge of wiping his butt for him.

 

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Henry VIII knighted all four of his “Grooms of Stool” — the people in charge of wiping his butt for him.

Seems like the least he could do.

 

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Jeannette Rankin was elected to Congress four years before women could even vote

 

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Women couldn’t apply for credit at a bank until 1974

 

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Before the invention of modern false teeth, dentures were commonly made from the teeth of dead soldiers.

 

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Before the invention of modern false teeth, dentures were commonly made from the teeth of dead soldiers.

Waste not, want not!

 

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In ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with honey so flies would flock to them instead of the pharaoh.

 

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It was once considered sacrilegious to use a fork

 

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Abe Lincoln was a champion wrestler. He was also a licensed bartender. Maybe they should call him an “Abe of all trades.”

 

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George Washington owned a whiskey distillery

 

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More than two percent of the American population was killed during the Civil War.

 

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Joseph Stalin used to have people removed from photos after they died or were removed from office.