--6560--

OK, done with the bird facts.... here are some from other web sites that I have been looking at :)

(I'm glad I closed the windows on my car.... it just started to downpour here!)

--6561--

The word "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

--6562--
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

--6563--
"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

--6564--
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.
She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

--6565--
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

--6566--
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

--6567--
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, but dogs only have about ten.

--6568--
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

{I guess that applies only if touch-type on a QWERTY keyboard, or if you're not looking at Pixie pics :D}

--6569--
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

{wow!}

--6570--

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

--6571--
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

--6572--
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row of the keyboard.

{again, only if using a QWERTY keyboard}

--6573--
You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a
poisonous spider.

{man, no more drinking that stuff with the cork! only screw top will do for safety's sake!}

--6574--

need to take a break for a bit... back in a while with more useless information :D

6575 and I need to put a cork in it. Later folks.

6576

--6577--

OK... a few more for a bit, and then I gotta go...

--6578--

A hamlet is classified as a "grouping of houses smaller than a village", and it usually has around 20 people. it has no mayor or any form of central or municipal government. Sherwood Park, Alberta is the largest hamlet in the world with a population of 45,000 and no government.

--6579--
The founder of JC Penny had a last name of "Cash."

--6580--
No war has been fought where both countries had a McDonalds.

--6581--
The foreign city most visited by Americans is Tijuana.

--6582--
Every male over 18 is considred part of the Arizona militia if they live in Arizona.

--6583--
A golden razor removed from King Tut's tomb was still sharp enough to be used.

--6584--
All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be panited black, unless they belong to a high official.

--6585--
St. Stephan is the patron saint of bricklayers.

--6586--
The 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. he wore a silver nose for the rest of his life.

--6587--
The ashes of the average cremated person weighs 9 pounds.

--6588--
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired".

--6589--
The longest chapter of the bible is psalm 119.

--6590--
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

--6591--
The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.

--6592--
At latitude 60 degrees south you can sail all the way around the world.

--6593--
The Saguaro cactus, found in the southwestern United States doesn't grow branches until it is 75 years old.

--6594--
The average mouse pad is 8.75 inches by 7.5 inches.

--6595--
Oak trees don't have acorns until they are at least 50 years old.

--6596--
A two-bit moon is in the first quarter.

--6597--
Every Swiss citizen is required to have access to a bomb shelter.

6598

--6599--
Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.