Interesting Facts I got this from one of my daily joke emails. I thought it was interesting enough to share: 111.111.111 x 111.111.111 = 12.345.678.987.654.321 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died from wounds sustained in battle ; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple. Clans from long ago who wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing used to burn their homes - hence the expression "get fired". Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village". In the United States there are two credit cards for each person. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the others signed on August 2, but the last signature was added only 5 years later. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The term "the everything 9 yards" comes from World War II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming planes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammunition belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If pilots fired all their ammunition at a target, he got "the whole 9 yards." The most common name in the world is Mohammed. The word "samba" means "rubbing the navel". The international dialing code for Antarctica. is 672. The glue on Israeli stamps is certified kosher. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots. Until 1965, people drove on the left side on Swedish roads. The conversion to the right hand was performed on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic stopped as people changed sides. This time and day were chosen to avoid incidents where drivers would get up in the morning and be too sleepy to realize that *this* was changeover day. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo.Dr. Seuss pronounced “Seuss” so that it rhymed with “cheer up.” In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play again, Sam." Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson." More people are killed by donkeys than die each year. in plane crashes. The term “It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye” comes from ancient Rome.