Now you know!

[mapleleaf4ever]

* Roulette was invented by French mathematician Blaise Pascal. The
popular game of chance was a byproduct of his experiments with
perpetual motion.

* All cheerleaders were male in 1898. Now, about three percent are.

* The baseball home plate is 17 inches wide.

* Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour.

* The U.S. motto, "E pluribus unum," means "out of many, one." It
first appeared in a Roman poem as part of a recipe for making a
salad.

* In Latin, the word "disco" means "I learn."

* Forty-two percent of American women are able to belch on command.

* In scientific terminology, the Sun is considered a "Yellow G2
Dwarf."

* The saying "the sky's the limit" originated in Don Quixote.

* Because of outrageously high costs in California during the Gold
Rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Hawaii for washing and
pressing.

* Two-thirds of the world's lawyers practice in the United States.

* A cow has four stomachs: the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum.

* Before the year 1000, the word "she" did not exist in the English
language.

[TipSy]

wow thanx for all the info eric ;)

[mapleleaf4ever]

This just in.... Erik is spelled with a K! :D


P.S. Not a problem, I thank my e-mail for the unending flow of crap to my Inbox. :)

[crackdragon]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

* Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour.

Well that explains why I end up having to hold up my pants after a party