Friday, 30 September 2011

Hair

Hair growth is roughly 1.25 centimeters or 0.5 inches per month.

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Luck and Marriage

In March 2011, Luisana Lopilato married Michael Buble.  An additional factiod, this makes Michael Buble one of the luckiest men on the planet.

Monday, 26 September 2011

Bark and Bling

You can actually buy jewelery and accessories for your pet at: http://www.rockstar-puppy.com/bowwowbldogs.html

Friday, 23 September 2011

Hello... Do you want ketchup?

Heinz Ketchup was invented the same year Alexander Graham Bell made his first phone call  (1876).

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Ottawa River

The total length of the Ottawa river is 1,271 kilometers (790 mi).

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Loni

Loni Anderson wrote an autobiography in 1997 called "My Life in High Heels".



Tuesday, 20 September 2011

When pigs fly


A Vietnamese black potbellied pig named "Max" and owned by George Clooney was taken for a flight in John Travolta's private jet. 

Monday, 19 September 2011

Elephants

Elephants are capable of swimming twenty miles a day, using their trunks as natural snorkels.

Friday, 16 September 2011

Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has the highest bungee jump in North America at 200 feet (61 metres). The 160 foot (49 metre) rebound is higher than the entire jump height at any other North American site.

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Jets

In 1931 the first jet engine was built by Britain's Frank Whittle.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Baseball

The longest professional baseball game was on May 09, 1984, between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game went 25 innings and lasted 8 hours and 6 minutes. 

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Tongue

Size for size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

Monday, 12 September 2011

Amy and Ed

Amy Madigan, actress and wife of actor Ed Harris, was born on September 11, 1950. Both Amy and Ed use their actual names as their stage names.

Friday, 9 September 2011

Spider

Orb weaver spiders in the tropics are know to spin webs larger than 18 feet across.

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Frog and Toad

Frogs have teeth on their upper jaw. Toads do not have teeth.

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Hockey

The first hockey pucks were used in Nova Scotia and were made from flat wooden disc cut from a small tree trunk (early 1800's).

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Cousins

Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball were distant maternal cousins.

Friday, 2 September 2011

Palm trees

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada has Washingtonia palm trees. Palm trees of this genus are not capable of surviving in the ground anywhere else in Canada.

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Shark

The teeth of a Mako Shark are visible even when the mouth is closed.