Stuff that I found vaguely interesting at the time.

When I was a child of 14 my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21 I was astonished at how much he had learned in 7 years.

Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows make of stone.

In the Great Fire of London in 1666, half of London was destroyed but only 6 people were injured.

The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.

Men's jackets originally buttoned up with the left side over lapping the right so that the clothing will not be in the way when the man had to draw a sword or gun quickly.

People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark.

Water grows 9% bigger as it freezes.

Forrest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

At Hancock High in Mississippi there is a McDonalds in the school.

Abraham Lincoln's mother died from drinking milk from a cow which, when foraging in the woods, had eaten some poisonous snake root.

Human adults breathe about 23,000 times a day.