|
 Did You Know? Amazing Facts...
- About
two-thirds of the world's population have no regular contact with
newspapers, television, radio or telephones.
- The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth
was recorded in Antarctica on July 21, 1983, which made for a very cold
day. The temperature reached a low of -128.6*F at Vostok, a Russian
scientific research base in Antarctica. The highest temperature ever
recorded on Earth is 136*F, recorded in 1922 in Al 'Aziziyah, Libya.
- A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in
her lifetime.
- There is a town in
Texas called Ding Dong. In 1990, the population was only twenty-two
people.
-
The most destructive insect in the world is the
desert locust, which is written about in the Bible. Found in the Middle
East and Asia, it can eat its own weight in a day, and swarms can devours
20,000 tons of grain and vegetation a day during long migratory flights.
-
The fastest dog, the
greyhound, can reach speeds of upto 41.7 miles per hour. The breed was
known to exist in ancient Egypt 6,000 years ago.
-
Who invented light bulb?
9 out of 10 people believe it's Thomas Edison. This isn't true; Joseph
Swan did.
- Playing a game of cards in the
16th century in England was a costly proposition. Back then, to buy a deck
of playing cards would have cost you as much as people earned in a week
(about two shillings and sixpence).
- Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas of
southern Asia, is the highest peak in the world, at 29,035 feet. The
second and third highest peaks, K2 and Kanchenjunga, are also located in
the Himalayas.
- A typical bed
usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
- Average
chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
More
Amazing Facts ==>>
Back to Index of Jokes & Quotes
==>>
|
TRUE
STORIES: Jack O'Lantern
The Irish brought the tradition of the Jack
O'Lantern to America. But the original Jack O'Lantern was not a pumpkin. The
Jack O'Lantern lengend goes back hundreds of years in Irish History. As the
story goes, Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who liked to play tricks
on everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the Devil himself. One
day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple ree. Once the Devil
climbed up the apple tree, Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the
trunk of the tree. The Devil was then unable to get down the tree. Stingy
Jack made the Devil promise him not to take his soul when died. Once the
devil promised not to take his soul, Stingy Jack removed the crosses and let
the Devil down.
Many years later, when Jack finally died, he went to
the pearly gates of Heaven and was told by Saint Peter that he was too mean
and too cruel and had led a miserable and worthless life on earth. He was
not allowed to enter heaven. He then went down to Hell and the Devil. the
Devil kept his promise and would not allow him to enter Hell. Now Jack was
scared and had nowhere to go but to wander about forever in the darkness
between heaven and hell. He asked the Devil how he could leave as there was
no light. The Devil tossed him an ember from the flames of Hell to help him
light his way. Jack placed the ember in a hollowed out Turnip, one of his
favorite foods which he always carried around with him whenever he could
steal one. From that day onward, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a
resting place, lighting his was as he went his "Jack O'Lantern".
On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips,
rutagagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward
off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack
O'Lanterns. In the 1800's a couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to
America. The Irish immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger
and easier to carve out. So they used pumpkins for Jack O'Lanterns.
NOW YOU KNOW... |
Back to Index of Jokes & Quotes
==>>
|
