Some More Nerdy Trivia

• There are more plastic flamingos in the United States than real ones.

• The muzzle of a lion is like a finger print.  No two are exactly alike.

• If the entire population of China walked past you in single file, you would not live long enough to see the end of the line.

• Giraffes and humans have the same number of vertebrae in the neck; the giraffes' are just much larger.

• The Niagara River froze solid on March 29, 1848, which stopped the flow of the Niagara Falls.  So, for a few hours the locals were able to walk on the riverbed where the falls cascade.

• George Washington rejected a movement started by army officers to make him king of the USA, saying, "I didn't fight George III to become George I."

• Washington was actually America's eighth president.  Before the Constitution of 1789, America was governed by the Articles of Confederation, and seven men served as president under these Articles.

• The traffic light predated the invention of the automobile.

• All swans in England are the property of the queen.

• Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

• Absolute zero, the temperature at which all motion ceases, is -460 degrees Fahrenheit.  

• The FBI hired its first two female agents in 1972: a former nun and a former US marine.

• Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.

• The superstitious belief that 13 is an unlucky number (Triskaidekaphobia) comes from Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Jesus Christ at the Last Supper, when the twelve and Jesus were gathered together for the last time.

• There are no permanent rivers or lakes in Saudi Arabia.