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581/ The expression "knuckle
down" originated with marbles - players put knuckles
to the ground for their best shots.
582/ Thornfield Hall is the
setting for the famous novel Jane Eyre.
583/ To prevent some numbers
from occurring more frequently than others, dice used in crap
games in Las Vegas are manufactured to a tolerance of 0.0002
inches; less than 1/17 the thickness of a human hair.
584/ To see how many chaildren
a newlywed couple will have, the Finns count the number of
grains of rice in the bride's hair (which is used as confetti).
584/ Twenty kinds of kisses
are described in the 'Karma Sutra', the classical Indian text
on eroticism.
585/ A car operates at meximum
economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
586/ A car that shifts manually
gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic
shift.
587/ A car uses 1.6 ounces
of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start
the average car.
588/ A study of American coins
and currency revealed the presence of bacteria, including
staphylococcus, e-coli, and lebsiella, on 18 percent of the
coins and 7 percent of the bills.
589/ A rawhide with the hair
removed by soaking it in water and lye is called a parfleche.
590/ A ten-gallon hat holds
less than a gallon of liquid.
591/ A vamp is the upper front
top of a shoe.
592/ A violin contains about
seventy separate pieces of wood.
593/ A young lady named Ellen
Church convinced Boeing Air Transport that her nursing skills
and love of flying would qualify her to assist with the passengers
and emergencies. She became the first known stewardess in
1930. (more about her here)
594/ According to Gambler's
Digest, an estimated $1 million is lost at race tracks in
the US each year by people who lose or carelessly throw away
winning tickets.
595/ Forensic scientists can
determine a person's sex, age and race by examining a single
strand of hair.
596/ The average vra size
sold at Frederick's of Hollywood in 1966 was a 34B. Today
it is a 36C.
597/ A 1991 Gallup survey
indicated that 49 percent of Americans didn't know that white
bread is made from wheat.
598/ A Club Med survey found
that couples who dieted while on vacation argued three times
more often than those who didn't, and that those who didn't
diet had three times as many romantic interludes.
599/ A quarter of the horses
in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.
600/ A scientist at Michigan
State University has calculated that the production of a single
hens egg regquires about 120 gallons of water, a loaf of bread
requires 300 gallons, and a pound of beef 3,500 gallons.
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