[Rook]

◘ The name of the Internets most popular directory is an acronym. According to the company, the name "Yahoo!" stands for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle !"

• The Official beverage of Ohio is Tomato Juice.

◘ After the husband of Genghis Khan's daughter was killed at Nishapur, Iran in 1221, she ordered the death of all in the city (approx. 60,000), and the skulls of men, women, and children were piled in pyramids by the Mongols {wow, now that's grievous & Pissed off}

• The 15th World Scout Jamboree was scheduled to be held in July 1979 and was to be hosted by Iran, near the Afghan and Turkmen borders, it was cancelled due to the 'Islamic Revolution', because of the sudden cancellation, there were souvenirs already made, such memorabilia are of great value to Collectors nowadays, and demand a lot of $ if they show up on the market {rarely}.

◘ Catnip can affect Lions & tigers as well(or badly) as house cats, it excites them because it contains a chemical that resembles an excretion of the Dominant females urine.

• Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the Immune system (so yes, laughter IS medicine. )

◘ The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the worlds largest indoor rain forest.

• Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair (-eyeballs mine- hmmmmm..)

◘ Flamingos pee on their legs to cool themselves off (and being birds, surely you understand, they can't only Pee...ew.)

• Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 x more Iron than cow's milk.

◘ In Athens Greece, a Drivers license can be taken away by Law if the driver is deemed poorly dressed , or unbathed.

• Bluebirds can't see the colour Blue.

◘ Most lipstick has fish scales.{I kiss fish?!?!}

• The University of Alaska stretches over 4 time Zones (none of which Palin is sync'ed with, I'm guessing)

◘ Microsoft threatened 17 yr old Mike Rowe with a lawsuit when the young man launched a site named MikeRoweSoft.com

• In Utah it's illegal to swear in front of a dead person.

◘ Lions are the only truly Social cat species, and usually every female in a pride, ranging from 5 to 30 individuals, is closely related.

• All major league Umpires must wear black underwear while on the job {in case their pants split}

◘ Disney World in Orlando is twice the size of Manhattan New York. (that explains why some parents are allowed to lose their damn mind when a kid "poofs" for awhile cuz they *the parents* saw chip & dale and wanted a hug..)

• The African Elephant has yet to be "successfully" trained, the Indian Elephant, however, has been.

◘ Catfish have 100,000 tastebuds.

• Greyhounds can reach a speed of 45 MPH { I suppose this means if you're a paper boy and a rabid greyhound chases u, you're fucked}

◘ Monty Python's "The Life of Brian" was banned in Scotland.

• To make much noise when eating soup in China is a good thing {Slurp & Burp, loud and proud? Nice date}