Now you Know

The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.

In Eastern Africa you can buy banana beer. This beer is brewed from bananas.

In the Netherlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, 12 sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip.

6829. Fact

Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.

6830. Animal Facts

The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other in the womb, the strongest killing and eating the others so that only one is ever born.

6831. Fact

Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas.

6832. Fact

Greyhounds can reach their top speed of forty-five miles per hour in only three strides.

6833. Fact

The average temperature on Earth is 15 degrees celcius.

6834. Fact

The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100-watt bulb for 5 hours.

6835. Fact

A perfect game in baseball is one in which the same player pitches the entire game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base, by any means.

6836. Animal Facts

The babies of the Surinam toad grow under the mother's skin on her back.They stay there for up to 130 days.

6837. Fact

Elephants have been known to learn up to 60 commands

6838. Fact

Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns.

6839. Fact

Most Eskimos do not live in igloos.

6840. Fact

The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).

6841. Fact

You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.