All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job in case their pants split.

In 18th century England, gambling dens employed someone whose job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.

The moon is moving away from the Earth at a tiny, although measurable, rate every year. 85 million years ago it was orbiting the Earth about 35 feet from the planet's surface.

A ten-year-old mattress weighs double what it did when it was new due to debris that it absorbs over time. That debris includes dust mites (their droppings and decaying bodies), mold, millions of dead skin cells, dandruff, animal and human hair, secretions, excretions, lint, pollen, dust, soil, sand, and a lot of perspiration, which the average person loses at a rate of a quart a day. Good night!

There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile, so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time.

In the 16th and 17th centuries in the country of Turkey, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.

that's great stuff......very interesting stuff.

Sultan Murad IV was a psychopath...an increasingly common leadership trait the Ottoman Empire had to suffer as the once-mighty super power gradually decayed and ultimately collapsed in WWI. The Coffee Killings were at least mostly confined to Constantinople.

Pity the poor Ottomans. They badly overplayed their military ambition during the siege of Vienna, got crushed and never recovered. The one truly great Islamic Empire soon became a mere shadow of its past glory.

the only thing left is the ottoman in my living room......the coffee killings - great stuff.

pavolv used many breeds and mutts.......one of the dogs is impeccably preserved at the pavlov museum in russia.
pavolv's classical training has become a major tool of the modern politician.....

In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry was quoted as saying “They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.” On July 20, 1969, one hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Perry hit is first, and only, home run of his career.

this one makes perfect sense to me:
The Code of Hammurabi decreed that bartenders who watered down beer would be executed.

The only member of ZZ Top who does not have a beard has the last name of Beard

There are more fake flamingos in the world than real flamingos.

before settling on the names of the 7 dwarfs we know today, Disney considered the names Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy and Awful

the most famous jewish actress of all time is Marilyn Monroe.

a monument to crazy horse is being built...when completed it will be 87 nft high.....27 ft higher then the presidents on mt rushmore.

Jigsaw puzzles were originally created by painting a picture on a flat, rectangular piece of wood, and then cutting that picture into small pieces with a jigsaw, hence the name. John Spilsbury, a London cartographer and engraver, is credited with commercializing jigsaw puzzles around 1760.

good one..i recently did a 1000 piece puzzle.

The Jedi Master Yoda was the best-known member of a Force-sensitive species whose true name is not recorded. Known in some sources simply as Yoda's species, this species of small carnivorous humanoids produced several well-known members of the Jedi Order during the time of the Galactic Republic.