Fun Facts

--The Capitol building in Washington, DC has 365 steps to represent every day of the year.

--The expression to “win hands down” comes from horse racing when jockeys with a huge lead would drop their hands and loosen the reins.

--Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows its own coffee.

--It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

--The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

--A theater manager in Korea felt that “The Sound of Music” was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.

--An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

--Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because ripping one in a spacesuit causes serious damage.

--In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.

--"Formicophilia" is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals. And really, who doesn't like that?

--The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

--The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the alphabet.