| Tuesday, February 9, 2010 |
• Eyes of the Mount Rushmore Presidents are 11 feet wide.
• How close to the ocean would you choose to live? Just close enough to get there and back for a day's outing? More than half of all U.S. residents live within an hour's drive of an ocean beach, according to the statisticians.
• All houseflies are born fully grown.
• When a river rises, the water in midstream is higher than the water along the banks.
• Q. What was the greatest epidemic in human history?
• One supermarket study reports most men prefer paper bags, most women plastic.
• In poker, don't forget, if you're dealt a pair, that increases odds your opponent is dealt a pair, too.
• A cat will let you know if it's comfortable with you. It closes its eyes.
• In the Maryland of 1635 you needed a license to hunt buffalo.
• Q. If the old "20-mule team" of the Death Valley haulers didn't actually have 20 mules, how many did it have?
A. Eighteen mules and two horses.
• If the skywatchers have it right, lightning hits ground somewhere in Alaska about 3,000 times every June.