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More interesting facts

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

The Spanish word esposa means “wife.” The plural, esposas, means “wives,” but also “handcuffs.”

Abraham Lincoln’s dog, Fido, was assassinated too.

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 51% would be female, 49% male; 50% of the world’s currency would be held by 6 people, one person would be nearly dead, one nearly born.

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores.

Doug still amused

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One Response to “More interesting facts”

  1. Diane said on May 23rd, 2008 at 9:13 am

    Handcuffs? I love it!

    Comic strips read left to right because that’s the way we read. For those languages which read right to left – does the opposite apply?

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