1972

In 1972, a Swedish man balanced on one foot for over five hours, using nothing for support.

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Lions

Lions are the only truly social cat species, and usually every female in a pride, ranging from 5 to 30 individuals, is closely related.

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Paper

A square piece of dry paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.

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Flu

The Spanish Flu of 1918, which killed at least 50 million people world-wide, originated in Kansas, not Spain.

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Sex laws

In Arkansas, oral sex is considered to be sodomy.

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Menestration

During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced. Did you know about this?

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Phone book

The New Haven District Telephone Company published the first telephone book ever issued on February 1878, in New Haven.

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A round of golf

A golfer and his buddies where playing a big round of golf for $200. At the eighteenth green the golfer had a ten foot putt to win the round, and the $200. As he was lining up his putt, a funeral procession started to pass by. The golfer set down his putter, took his hat off, placed it over his chest, and began to wait for the funeral procession to pass. After it passed, he picked up his putter and returned to lining up his putt. One of his buddies said, "That was the most touching thing I have ever seen. I can't believe you stopped playing, possibly loosing your concentration, to pay your respects. "Well, we were married for 25 years! "

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New York Shoots

Annual location shoots on the streets of New York number 40,000 – including commercials, feature films, television shows and series, music videos and documentaries.

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Mel

Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!

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Ship

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.

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Happy Birthday

Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.

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Street names

Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth!

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Only Lower

Adriaan van der Donck was the first and only lawyer in New York City in 1653."

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Look out for that cow

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