Household and Garden Trivia for the Martha Stewart Impaired

Miscellaneous Jokes, Humor and Trivia for the
"Martha Stewart Living Impaired"

Animal and Miscellaneous Trivia

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor.

Assuming that all of the offspring survived, 190,000,000,000,000,000,000 flies could be produced in four months by the offspring of a single pair of flies.

At one "sitting," a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood.

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and white worms like fried pork rinds.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Did You Know?

The X's that people sometimes put at the end of letters or notes to mean a kiss, actually started back in the 1000's when Lords would sign their names at the end of documents to other important people. It was originally a cross that they would kiss after signing to signify that they were faithful to God and their King. Over the years though, it slanted into the X.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

The Emerald

Colors of this gem range from a deep grass green to yellow, green, and blue tinges mixed with deep shades of green. Natural emeralds found in South America, Egypt, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Rhodesia can sell for up to $8,000 per carat. Man-made emeralds, called beryl, cost about $500 a carat. In India, emeralds are believed to have healing abilities, as well as magical powers.

An emerald placed on the forehead is said to increase psychic powers, while rubbing the emerald over closed eyelids is thought to restore tired optic nerves. For success in business or love, wear an emerald bracelet on your left wrist. Emerald bracelets are also believed to relieve arthritis.

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