“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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A foolish fact filled Tuesday?
I don’t know about that, but it is April Fool’s Day so anything is possible.
Nevertheless I hope there are at least a few things of interest in this lot.
Enjoy.
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Will Smith is now older than Uncle Phil
was at the beginning of “The Fresh Prince.”
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There are more than 1,700 references to gems and
precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.
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Turning a clock’s hands counterclockwise
while setting it is not necessarily harmful.
It is only damaging when the timepiece
contains a chiming mechanism.
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Cleopatra lived closer to the building
of Pizza Hut than the pyramids.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush
be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet
to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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South Africa has 11 official languages
– the most for a single country.
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The US has no official language.
(Comprende?)
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The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929;
“7” was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces.
“UP” indicated the direction of the bubbles.
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The highest point in Pennsylvania
is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
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France was still executing people by guillotine
when Star Wars came out.
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The earliest recorded case
of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679,
when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary
“I quit smoking tobacco.”
He died one month later.
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“Goodbye” came from “God bye”
which came from “God be with you.”
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Charlie Brown’s father was a barber.
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Every continent begins and ends in the same letter.
(I bet you never noticed that.)
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Every continent has a city called Rome.
(I bet you never noticed that either.)
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fasab 
Good collection …. Charlie Brown was the most fascinating.
I’ve always liked Charlie. Welcome back, by the way, hope you are settling in to your new pad.
Still running around with much to do, but I’m trying to return to the blogging swing.