2. The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq miles/4,53 sq km.
3. Ancient Greeks and Romans believed asparagus had medicinal qualities for helping prevent bee stings and relieve toothaches.
4. Almost is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
5. In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription.
6. A person standing under an oak tree is 16 more times liable to be hit by lightning than if he had taken refuge beneath a beech tree. The oak tree has vertical roots which provide a more direct route to ground water.
7. The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
8. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985 by the Symbolics Computer Corp. in Massachusetts. In 2009, the domain was sold to XF.com Investments for an undisclosed sum.
Symbolics.com is the first of nearly 200 million (200,000,000) domains to be registered. Nearly 100 million (100,000,000) of those registered domains are of the .com extention. 668,000 new .com domains are registered every month.
9. Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
10. The first umbrella factory in the U.S. was founded in 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland.
11. Charles Dickens kept the head of his bed aligned with the North Pole. He believed that the earth's magnetic field would pass longitudinal through his body and ensure him a good night rest.
12. Toronto, Ontario was home to the biggest swimming pool in the world in 1925. It held 2000 swimmers, and was 300ft x 75ft. It is still in operation.
13. Karen Roman grew the world's largest cauliflower. It weighed 22 pounds.
14. Gases that build up in your large intestine cause flatulence. It usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes for these gases to pass through your system.
15. Close to 3 billion movie tickets are sold in India every year.
16. People in France own more pets in the world per person than any other country.
17. In 1832 the Scottish surgeon Neil Arnott devised water beds as a way of improving patients' comfort.
18. On October 15, 1794, the first silver dollar coins were released to be circulated to the public.
19. Retirement planning time: Adults spend an average of 16 times as many hours selecting clothes (145.6 hours a year) as they do on planning their retirement.
20. When Alexander Graham Bell died on August 4, 1922, millions of phones went dead. In Bell's honor, all phones served by the Bell System in the USA and Canada went silent for one minute.
21. Only men were allowed to eat at the first self-service restaurant, the Exchange Buffet in New York, opened in 1885. Customers ate standing up.
22. The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the "Uncle Sam." The gem was discovered near Murfreesboro situated in Arkansas by W.O. Bassum
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23. Two French toolmakers were the first engineers to put the engine in the front of the car. This gave the car better balance, made it easier to steer, and made it much easier to get all your luggage in.
24. Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'
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