LOL FACT: In total there have been 37 different animal crackers since 1902.
They're are only 17 current animals in production. The current crackers are tiger, cougar, camel, rhinoceros, kangaroo, hippopotamus, bison, lion, hyena, zebra, elephant, sheep, bear, gorilla, monkey, seal and giraffe.
LOL FACT: Urophagia is the consumption of urine.
There are various reasons that
humans may consume urine. Urine was used in several ancient cultures for various health, healing, and
cosmetic purposes, practices which are still used by some people of these cultures today. In
Western culture, these practices are known as
urine therapy, a form of
alternative medicine. Other reasons for urophagia include attempting
survival, if no other potable fluid is available, though numerous sources advise against it. Also, some people consume urine as a
sexual activity, and members of at least one culture consume urine for
ceremonial purposes.
LOL Fact: Dentists have the highest suicide rate among professions.
Just another reason to fear your dentist.
LOL Fact: American Idol's Simon Cowell is the highest paid A-hole with a 50 million salary for just 4 months work.
Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English
music executive,
television producer and
celebrity, and
entrepreneur. He is known in the United Kingdom and in the United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as
Pop Idol,
American Idol,
The X Factor, and
Britain's Got Talent.
LOL Fact: The average lunch break is 35 minutes long.
Under federal law, your employer does not have to provide lunch or coffee breaks. Also, your employer does not have to pay you for lunch breaks that you are given. However, your state might have mandatory meal breaks. The requirements vary, but many employees are guaranteed a 30 minute meal period per shift. To qualify, your shift will generally need to be 6 hours, and maybe even 8 hours long.
LOL FACT: The Nobel Peace Prize Medal has 3 naked men on it.
Martin Luther King, Jr has his own national day which is celebrated every third Monday in January which happens to be today. He is also the winner of a Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1964.
LOL FACT: The first powered vacuum cleaner invention that actually captured debris was invented in 1901 by Hubert Cecil Booth. All the other vacuum cleaners sucked.
Hubert Cecil Booth, a British engineer, received a British patent for a vacuum cleaner on August 30th 1901 and took the form of a large, horse-drawn, petrol-driven unit which was parked outside the building to be cleaned with long hoses being fed through the windows.
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