FACTs.................

# More money is spent on coffee in the United States than on food.

# There are three people alive today who are legal citizens of Antarctica.

# Before the invention of the train, the phrase 'choo choo' was originally used to describe the sound of a rushing river.

#Bubble wrap was initially conceived as a military body armor for hand to hand combat.

#Only 1 in 10 swordfish ever develop a sword-like snout.

#Raw cinnamon (without sugar) is too spicy to be eaten by humans.

#The Raccoon is the only mammal whose young are born with an odd number of legs.

#The first commercial soap had mud as its primary ingredient.

#The first electronic calculator weighed more than all calculators manufactured in 2009 combined.

#As late as 1958, more Americans owned boats than owned cars.

#The first wine was brewed with eggs, not grapes!

#The chemical composition of water mirrors that of urine by the time it hits the back of your throat!

#GI Joe was based on an actual secret ops unit of the US Army that was formed in 1914. Their name? Team Cobra.

#The actor who voices Big Bird is only 4' tall! The actor who voices Elmo is 7'3"!

#Due to its low gravity, the moon contains several rock geysers - continuous spouts of soil and pebble into outer space.

#Any public swimming pool manufactured and installed after 1972 must be no deeper than 7'3" to comply with federal regulations.

#The first piece of furniture manufactured by IKEA was a 3-legged table called "Tablum."

#The Kraft corporation is the world's leading consumer of paperclips, purchasing more annually than the entire state of California.

#Redwoods are the only trees to produce two different fruits! One grows on its branches, the other underground.

#The escalator was initially invented to convey people upward. The first "down" escalator appeared 30 years later!

#The kayak was named for Ernie 'Kayak' Plinsky, the first man to drown in the Mississippi River.