Tuesday, March 23, 2010

DID YOU KNOW THAT?........

*CANADA is an Indian word meaning "big village"

*Armored knigths raised thier visor to identify themselves when they rode past thier kings. This custom has become the modern military salute.

*The first Tennis balls with stuffed with human hair.

*Tomato Ketchup was once sold in the US as a medicine.

*Mosquito repellantdo not repel.They hide you. The spray blocks the Mosquito sensors so they do not know you are there.

*The Atlantic ocean is saltier than the Pacific ocean.

*There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
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*La Paz. Bolivia, which is about 12,000 feet above sea level is nearly a fire proof city, and the fire engine ordered out of civic pride gather dust in thier fire houses. At that altitude, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere barely supports fire.

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