Just some interesting things I found on-line today, makes you wonder and say hmmmm....
Pumpernickel bread (aka black-rye bread) got its name from Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon, ashamed of his humble beginnings grew up on black-rye bread. It was, however; considered bread for peasants. Napoleon had a horse named, Nicole. So whenever he would ask for it, he would say it was for his horse.
Pan(bread) per(for) Nicole
Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores.
Women blink twice as many times as men do.
Kool-Aid was invented by an eleven year old boy in his mother's kitchen.
The more expensive the bottle of wine, the deeper its dimple on its bottom will tend to be.
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a pangram (a phrase that uses all the letters of the alphabet)
Walt Disney was afraid of mice
Mona Lisa has no eyebrows... it was Renaissance fashion to shave the brows.
Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and oldest defense secretary in history
A cat is the only animal that purrs and no one knows why or what it's for.
A ducks quack doesn't echo and nobody knows why
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