Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
Reindeer like to eat bananas.
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
American's eat about 18 billion hot dogs a year.
The oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.
The man who played the voice of bugs bunny was allergic to carrots.
Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.
Every time you lick a stamp you gain 1/10 of a calorie.
Yams have 10 times more vitamin C than sweet potatoes.
Aug 13, 2008
Aug 12, 2008
Some Fun Funny Facts
Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
Aug 6, 2008
Keep in Memory - ATM Secret
Please use this information.
If you are ever forced by a thief or someone to take money out of an ATM machine, enter your pin number reversed. So if your number is 1254 mark 4521.
The ATM machine will give you your money, but will automatically recognize this as a plea for help and will alert the police unknown to the thief.
This option is in all ATM machines, but not many people know this.
Please pass this information on to others. No harm in keeping this in mind!!
I'm not sure whether it really works or not. But thought it will be useful
If you are ever forced by a thief or someone to take money out of an ATM machine, enter your pin number reversed. So if your number is 1254 mark 4521.
The ATM machine will give you your money, but will automatically recognize this as a plea for help and will alert the police unknown to the thief.
This option is in all ATM machines, but not many people know this.
Please pass this information on to others. No harm in keeping this in mind!!
I'm not sure whether it really works or not. But thought it will be useful
Aug 5, 2008
The world's fastest train service!
China is on the charge. It will launch the world's fastest train service on August 1. 
A train pulls in at the Beijing South Railway Station in Beijing, China. | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
A train attendant stands in a cabin of the CRH (China Railway High-speed) "bullet train". | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
The old station has been converted into a swanky terminal with high-speed trains. It has 13 platforms and 24 rails. This will be the starting station of the inner-city line between Beijing and Tianjin and the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway.
The rail service will start from the southern railway station in Beijing, which will also become the largest railway station in Asia. The service will link Beijing with one of China's Olympic co-host cities, Tianjin.
A train pulls in at the Beijing South Railway Station in Beijing, China. | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images The new superfast trains have state-of-the-art facilities and will travel at speeds of 350-355 kilometres per hour. These trains have aircraft-like cabins. The station, first built in 1958, has been under reconstruction since May 10, 2006.
A train attendant stands in a cabin of the CRH (China Railway High-speed) "bullet train". | Photograph: China Photos/Getty ImagesThe old station has been converted into a swanky terminal with high-speed trains. It has 13 platforms and 24 rails. This will be the starting station of the inner-city line between Beijing and Tianjin and the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway.
The China railway high-speed train at the Beijing South Railway Station. | Photograph: Guang Niu/Getty Images
The trains will run on the new $2.93-billion Tianjin line every three minutes, and each train could carry around 600 people. China plans to invest 300 billion yuan ($41 billion) to lay 7,820 kilometres of railway lines in 2008.
A worker tests equipments at the entrance of Beijing South Railway Station. | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
China plans to build 15,000 kilometres of new railways to be put into operation in the next three years, with 7,000 kilometres being passenger-only high-speed tracks.
A CRH (China Railway High-speed) 'bullet train' for a trial operation is seen at the Beijing South Railway Station. | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
From 2003 to 2007, China invested a total of 522 billion yuan ($71.5 billion) in railway construction. The Chinese government expects passengers to make more than 1.4 billion journeys in 2008.
A driver monitors a CRH (China Railway High-speed) "bullet train" leaves the Beijing South Railway Station. | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
The cargo transported on railways in China would exceed 3.3 billion tonnes, generating a total revenue of 361 billion yuan ($49.5 billion). The total railway length will reach 120,000 kilometres by 2020.
A worker at the Beijing South Railway Station. | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images