PART one
o In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
o The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.
o The idea for “tribbles” in “Star Trek” came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.
o Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
o Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.
o Smearing a small amount of dog *** on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
o The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren’t for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.
o The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.
o The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there’s no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.
o Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say “gesundheit” to a sneezer was never repealed.
o Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don’t do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
o SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
o Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.
o Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender’s system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.
o Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
o The first McDonald’s restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.
o The Air Force’s F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research into how bumblebees fly.
o You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
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